Suspension Upgrade

It is said that the KYB are the OEM shocks without the Toyota name.
No sense in only doing the struts because the bearing, cover, and bumper are probably
gone as well. And those springs do weaken....
Plus it's a lot easier and quicker to replace the whole unit.

 

If you're willing to test the lowest priced ones online that come pre-assembled with spring already in place not only could you save alot of time and money if it works, but you could provide proof they work and save everyone else on here a lot of money too.
If you look closely on the photos, some of these low priced offerings appear to be a higher quality build than OEM.

 

See if you can buy KYB Gas A Just compete top plate to hub holes . Or try Monroe Gold complete units . I've had great luck with both.

 

You can buy each part seperately, but it will cost more than the whole assembly.
If the other parts are in good shape, you could just buy the strut.
But those part do wear out. It would depend on your finances...

 

The gas adjust people which is KYB makes a complete strut assembly it might be the GR series I am not absolutely certain but after looking a little closer at my '09 it looks to me a pretty standard strut for Toyota and a lot of Japanese cars measuring from the top of the strut tower to the two bolts that mount to the front hub The distance of the mount for the strut rod that goes to the sway bar can be moved around and they can be had in adjustable. If needed. Like I say in the next day or two here I'll take these aluminum struts I have off Amazon or eBay they sell for like $3.99 and it looks like they will bolt right up into my '09 and then they are fully adjustable I can raise them up lower them down anywhere in between pick any spring rate that I want you just like Honda springs a little 4 inch whatever they are coil over type springs even the top plates I think have the right spacing or triangle

 

I'll take pics of the two side by side

 

Check autozone. They have them. If you're a veteran they'll give you a 10% discount.

 

I just purchased the Monroe all in one fully assembled suspension kit off of Rock Auto to fix the noisy and mostly shot setup under our new to us 2011 Prius. I'll be sure to report back results of that. Factory suspension made it to 362,000 kms during the previous owners tenure.

 

Would love to hear how the replacement went. Did replacing the tower set improve your ride quality or did you have to go deeper with control arm, tie rod ends, new bushings, etc?

 

Would love to hear how the replacement went. Did your ride quality improve and what did you end up replacing?