Tokicos

[sho4life]

I'm going to call tokico and ask how many total number of struts were made for the taurus. I have parted out and seen about 50 sho's and 100 standard taurus/sable and have only come across 2 cars with these on. also don't know what year they sarted making these but there supposed to last at least 100,000 miles. unless they were very few made i believe there are still good sets of these still sitting on shelves somewhere collecting dust. what do you guys think? also what about doing a group buy . we could contact members from the tccoa also.

 

[RonPorter]

Do a search on this Forum.

They quit making them awhile ago, and there are probably ZERO sitting on a shelf anywhere, as folks have looked for them.

IMHO, they weren't that wonderful. 100K miles was a high-end lifespan.

The only choice for anything decent today are the Koni inserts.

 

[ohioshodude]

Do a search on this Forum.

They quit making them awhile ago, and there are probably ZERO sitting on a shelf anywhere, as folks have looked for them.

there are 4 in my garage. lol

 

[sho4life]

not for sale i take it

 

[ohioshodude]

nope sorry. they are going on the 91. ive had them for years. been too busy (read lazy) to install them.

 

[pitaSHO]

Sell the Tokico's. They're not worth installing. I had one go bad after less than 10k miles. I've worked on four other cars with Tokicos and had one or two bad struts per car. When a Koni goes bad it spews oil everywhere. The only way to tell if a Tokico goes bad is to tear the whole thing apart, especially if you are running a stiff spring like Eibach.

Chris K.

 

[Mr Anonymous]

I'm going to call tokico and ask how many total number of struts were made for the taurus. I have parted out and seen about 50 sho's and 100 standard taurus/sable and have only come across 2 cars with these on. also don't know what year they sarted making these but there supposed to last at least 100,000 miles. unless they were very few made i believe there are still good sets of these still sitting on shelves somewhere collecting dust. what do you guys think? also what about doing a group buy . we could contact members from the tccoa also.

Good luck.

Don't be surprised when they say "huh?" or just hang up on you.

 

[SASHO91]

Sell the Tokico's. They're not worth installing. I had one go bad after less than 10k miles. I've worked on four other cars with Tokicos and had one or two bad struts per car. When a Koni goes bad it spews oil everywhere. The only way to tell if a Tokico goes bad is to tear the whole thing apart, especially if you are running a stiff spring like Eibach.

Chris K.

Eibachs are not thatstiff.

I've had my Tokicos in since early 2004. And only recently, I have reason to believe that my left rear is leaking(visable leak). However, the others are still nice and fresh.

Koni's are a great replacement though.

 

[SHORANGERBIRD]

-theres my set of take offs in the garage...lol

 

[SHO_DOODmorrris]

mine have been on for 15 000 KM's and the fronts were on anotehr car for less that 5000 miles before i got them sooo you do the math. they are nice. have them in intrax springs. i think im going to bypass the inserts and go directly to coilovers when these shit the bed depending on where im at in life lol/