Shock absorbers KYB or OEM Toyota

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3.7

Body bounce

3.6

Bottoming

3.7

Leaks

3.0

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Rank #7 in ranking

4.0

Body bounce

3.6

Bottoming

3.9

Leaks

5.0

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KYB › Shock absorbers

ystavallinen 16 Apr 2025, 01:01

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Rating 4.0

KYBs were good improvement over stock for my shit box long ago.

Pros: good improvement

Vehicle: Mazda

KYB › Shock absorbers

trish828 15 Apr 2025, 04:49

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Rating 4.0

I've bought Gas-a-Justs on closeouts with no regrets.

Pros: no regrets

OEM Toyota › Shock absorbers

Content_Attempt_6782 31 Mar 2025, 00:29

Rating 4.0

My 2014 Rav 4 Limited has 222,000 miles on it. Needs new shocks to the tune of $2000.00 but that’s to be expected. Absolutely no regrets.

Pros: expected lifespan

Cons: needs replacement

Vehicle: Toyota

Mileage: 357240 km

OEM Toyota › Shock absorbers

Ckn-bns-jns 20 Mar 2025, 22:52

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Rating 4.0

2011 SR5 4wd just under 110k. Zero issues just regular maintenance. I am due for some new shocks though.

Pros: zero issues

Cons: new shocks needed

Vehicle: Toyota 4runner

Mileage: 177028 km

KYB › Shock absorbers

Ok-Tangelo6985 11 Mar 2025, 21:22

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Rating 4.5

I run kyb with tein springs on both of my spyders and they've been great

Pros: great performance

Vehicle: Toyota MR2

KYB › Shock absorbers

Artistic-Sherbet-007 11 Mar 2025, 09:26

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Rating 4.0

I have both and prefer the excel-g for 90% of driving.

Pros: preferred for street driving

KYB › Shock absorbers

brightonsad 11 Mar 2025, 07:46

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Rating 4.5

I just put them in all my shocks! I’m also pretty sure KYBs were OEM albeit a bit different (when I removed the original KYB struts on my aw11 they were silver instead of black) so far the new ones feel great!

Pros: feel great, OEM quality

Vehicle: Toyota MR2

KYB › Shock absorbers

Olafmihe 26 Dec 2022, 22:50

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Rating 3.0

My brother got KYB ones and they are ok.

They are on the softer side, but so far they last pretty good. 3 years and 60000km and no leaks.

Pros: last pretty good, no leaks

Cons: on the softer side

Mileage: 60000 km

KYB › Shock absorbers

Halfinchoff 15 Nov 2022, 22:28

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Rating 3.0

I went with some kyb shocks when I had my hundo. Felt like stock

Pros: felt like stock

Vehicle: Toyota Land Cruiser

KYB › Shock absorbers

kissmyash933 14 Jan 2023, 19:53

Rating 1.0

I would rebuild the struts with new KYB shocks and retain the OEM springs and buy new OEM mounts. I have had terrible luck with quickstruts in a Lexus.

Cons: terrible luck

Vehicle: Lexus LS