Struts??

[shoinoff95]

I was looking on shox.com earlier and I noticed a brand of strut called "Sachs". Has anyone ever used or heard of these; good or not?? I got a price quote on them and they are $239 for a set of 4, which is only about $50 more then the KYB's. Do you think that they are better quality than the KYB's, because I have read on here that usually with lowering springs, the KYB's blow out after 2 years!! If not, would it just be wiser in the long run to pay twice the amount for Tokico's or Koni's?

 

[PROPHET]

I have the Kybs,on good roads [great]on bad roads not so great.

Save your money and go for the better more expensive. thumbs_u

 

[shojuan]

If you can afford it you will always be better off just getting Tokikos or Konis. I think there are some applications where KYB makes a perfectly fine strut. For the SHO, they just don't provide enough dampening for anything much more aggresive than the stock springs. I haven't heard anything about the SACHS struts for the SHO. If nobody comes forward with any insight into whether they're OK or not I would just avoid them completely and plan on getting either Tokicos or Konis depending on what your preference (and what spring you're going to use).

I think the general consensus is pretty much as follows:

For Intrax springs you will always want to go with Konis.
For Eibach springs most people choose Tokicos, although some people want to use Konis instead.

When I can afford it I'll probably be one of those people using Eibachs and Konis.

 

[30footSHO]

Didn't Sachs make the OEM SHO struts?

 

[luigisho]

That's what I thought. However the aftermarket replacements may or may not have the correct dampening rate vs the oem version.
If you are planning a better strut, perhaps you should consider a better spring as well and have everything done at once.