mikaleda Posted June 17, 2012 Share Posted June 17, 2012 this may sound dumb, but i am new to struts. my 1980 gl needs front struts really bad. i want to get some out of a junker but, i don't know if they will be any better than what i have. is there anyway way to tell if the struts i am getting out of the junker are any good? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
l75eya Posted June 17, 2012 Share Posted June 17, 2012 I mean, you can check the milage on the vehicle and look at the conditions of the struts on the vehicle, bounce the car around a bit, but all that is is educated guessing. You really won't know until you have them installed on your vehicle, and personally it's a big enough task to get them out of your car to begin with that I wouldn't mess around with educated guesses. I just put KYB struts in the front of our Loyale and I couldn't be happier with them. I didn't have a good enough spring compressor to change them out myself safely, so I just took them out of the car, brought them to a shop and they changed them for me for 20 bucks each. I really do recommend you just get new ones. rockauto had the KYB's for around 30 bucks each I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikaleda Posted June 17, 2012 Author Share Posted June 17, 2012 cool i will look into that i just don't want to spend a whole lot of money on this rig really. i am trying to save up enough money to buy the parts i need to do my head gasket on my legacy and this car keeps eating up my money:popcorn: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikaleda Posted June 17, 2012 Author Share Posted June 17, 2012 rockauto.com wants $65 a piece for front struts for my gl. i'm not going to spend that much on it i guess i will just have to do some educated guessing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the sucker king Posted June 18, 2012 Share Posted June 18, 2012 For what it's worth, I have used more that one junkyard strut and never regretted going that route. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
l75eya Posted June 18, 2012 Share Posted June 18, 2012 And on another plus side to the junkyard route, I can see it being so much easier to just remove the whole assembly and then swap it right in to your ride. No spring compressing involved. That wouldn't be so bad I suppose, especially if the yard didn't charge too much for the whole thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivans imports Posted June 18, 2012 Share Posted June 18, 2012 the old ones like that had removeable cartriges that could be changed out if still avallible Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikaleda Posted June 18, 2012 Author Share Posted June 18, 2012 i cant find cartridges so i will take some good educated guesses on my struts out of the junker. i kind of doubt they could be worse than mine right now because mine are so bad my wheels tilt out when im parked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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