So back in July I about a set of quick struts (assembly that has the strut, spring, mounts that come ready to bolt on car). I have no issues with the rears so far but the fronts seem to be cluncking. Changed the endlinks then just lived with the noise. Rather than throwing more parts at it decided to have a shop look at it. Took it to 2 shops over the holiday break and both said the exact same thing.....everything looks good an tight except for a little play in the driver ball joint. One shop wanted $169, the other $400. The tC ball joints looked simple enough and I already had the parts so did them myself. There is too much clunking for it to be the ball joints (it wasn't) but a good catch I guess.
So my question is.....what makes these quick struts bad? Is it the internals of the struts or cheap mounts? I am almost thinking the mounts are the cheap fail point. The seller sent me another 2 struts as replacements, I felt there was too much play in those mounts, they sent me another pair, and I bought a pair of KYB mounts separately.
Where is stand now is do I swap in the KYB mounts on to the replacements they sent me (if the mounts are the weakness) or just get some name brand strut and start over (if the internals of the struts are the weakness)
Thoughts?
So my question is.....what makes these quick struts bad? Is it the internals of the struts or cheap mounts? I am almost thinking the mounts are the cheap fail point. The seller sent me another 2 struts as replacements, I felt there was too much play in those mounts, they sent me another pair, and I bought a pair of KYB mounts separately.
Where is stand now is do I swap in the KYB mounts on to the replacements they sent me (if the mounts are the weakness) or just get some name brand strut and start over (if the internals of the struts are the weakness)
Thoughts?