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Project completed. Very pleased with the Monroes.
Posted by jarrald [Email] (more from jarrald) on Mon, 21 Feb 2011 05:19:13
In Reply to: Please let us know how the project goes..., Mark from Toronto, Tue, 15 Feb 2011 15:48:34
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Much improved ride. No more rear wiggle. VERY smooth on highway even ridding of what I thought were some balance tire issues. Car doesn't sway like it was doing. stays level better on turns.
Can't comment on how long this will last but for now it's a big improvement. Also, my fronts were original at 11 yrs old and 161k miles so probably ANYTHING would have been an improvement.
and after using online codes, I got all four with new strut mounts as well for $200 from Advance Auto.
couple advice items: definitely order the bump stops for the fronts if you do these. they are $21 each but the old ones were totally deteriorated at the top portion. just crumbled all apart. The new ones were a good inch taller to tell you how much had crumbled. all the crumbs were down around the spring seat and inside the bellow cover.
also, I ordered and replaced the rear shock upper bushings (upper and lower pieces at the top) but they really didnt need to be replaced. they seemed fine.
and the Monroe struts come not tapped for the upper mount screws but I was able to use the old screws to thread them.
hope this helps someone else. this board was a great help with this project for me.
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Posts in this Thread:
- PLEASE HELP. Monroe sensa trac front strut mount help!, jarrald, Sun, 13 Feb 2011 11:37:23
- Please let us know how the project goes..., Mark from Toronto, Tue, 15 Feb 2011 15:48:34
- anyone replace the front strut bump stop?, jarrald, Mon, 14 Feb 2011 08:35:00
- thanks guys. this is intriging. crisis averted for now, jarrald, Sun, 13 Feb 2011 18:23:29
- You need six special self tapping screws, MI-Roger , Sun, 13 Feb 2011 12:50:31
- Re: PLEASE HELP. Monroe sensa trac front strut mount help!, Paul in NM, Sun, 13 Feb 2011 12:04:15
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