My 2005 got monroe quick struts at all four corners two months ago. Just drove it 10 hours to Asheville NC and back, while full of chainsaws and tree climbing gear.
Drives great while winding theough mountain hairpins and rolling down insterstate at 80mph.
I've used various manufacturers. KYB have always been good. I only use them now
I got KYB's from RockAuto - $88 each for the rear, $187 each for the front. Ride is much smoother now.
Returned and bought kyb and have had no issues and the ride is great.
the Monroe ones have been fine and I have well over 100k on them
I’ll be honest, while it’s a massive improvement from where I was before changing them (the originals!????), I’m not a fan of the KYBs. They are SO STIFF.
Monroe are okay but expect them to last maybe 50k miles, not 100k. Monroe is as close to OEM ride as you will get in aftermarket.
Although KYB makes very good bare struts, The preassembled KYB strut plus assemblies are straight up garbage. The strut top mounts and springs that KYB uses are absolutely trash and generally fail extremely quickly, if they aren't just failed right out of the box.
I did this to my 2008 ES350 with KYB quick struts. Not a professional mechanic but proficient at changing parts. I’ve managed to save tens of thousands over the years, pretending I know what I’m doing out of my garage. Ordered the KYB, looked like this or worse.
I put Monroe quick struts on my Mazda 3 about a year ago. The rubber boots have disintegrated and they're rusting already.
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