Tokico ilk shock and spring kit
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heritage36
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Are you talking about the illuminas? I would steer clear of those personally, I bought a set of four and the fronts blew out after about a week. I could not believe it. I just got some OEM ones. I still have the rear ones on my car, those have been fine
urbano
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yeah those are the shocks included in the set. what do you think are a good buy? some tokico blues?
heritage36
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I had some blues with the springs on my first GSR and those worked out good for me
speedin
The Transporter
Yea something was clearly wrong there....
Ive always run Tokico's without problems. I ran the illuminas with Tein S-Tech's on my teg and they were a dream. I ran the blues with gc-coilovers on my GST and they were a little harsh (due to the GC's) but never an issue besides that. Eventually when I save up the $600 im going to put Tokico D-Spec's on the WRX.
BTW, you do know that the illumina's have a lifetime rebuild warranty. Most of the Tokico's do, I think its just the blues and lower models that dont. They just have a 1-year warranty expires.
Did you research their lifespan and rebuild costs? To rebuild them its costs like $2-300 short of buying a brand new set. And they dont tend to have a long life span. I see alot of these $800 coilovers start to leak after a year or so, which is oh-so conveniently just after their 1 year warranty.
Its your choice ultimately:twocents:
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urbano
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i actually have not researched the life span and rebuild costs. im gonna have to look into this now that youve brought it up. i mean ive heard nothing but great reviews about them but ill check anayways. you wouldnt happen to know the average lifespan of them would you?
crussell2009
98 black gsr CLEAN coupe
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speedin
The Transporter
Oh yea those $800 shocks from the various companies are great. Its hard to beat them for the price. And if it werent for their reliability id buy them. But at $600+ for a rebuild and an average of a 1-year lifespan no thanks! But yea always remember there is a reason anything is cheap, they skimped out somewhere...