What brand of street shocks do you have?

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Checked into the Koni yellows, OUCH. Almost $500 compared to $300 for the Bilsteins and $145 for the KYB. I'll see if I can get KYB or TRD to comment on the rumor that TRD's are just KYB's with another label stuck on them.

$500 for four hydraulic cylinders, ROFL. At that price I'd expect them to be hand made, hand balanced, and gold plated on the rods and seals to prevent corrosion. Well, OK, the adjustable bits that I don't want must be part of that cost. Still...UGH.

In the construciton industry they routinely rebuild hydraulic equipment (new o-rings, new fluids, etc.) as normal maintenance, the same way we change spark plugs and oil. In the car industry...Shocks are a holy mystery, and a damned expensive one at that. I'm getting damned tempted to just pull my shocks and take them down to a hydraulic shop, probably cost me $100 to get all four made into brand new OEM shocks again, and painted shiny Caterpillar Yellow too.<G>