Can Someone Link Best Front Strut Assembly?

I bought a set from complete struts and installed it about a month ago. They're cheap Chinese quick struts but have been holding up well for me on Houston roads. Not sure how long they'll last but it's an option

SM-N950U ?

 

Those do look good.

That being said, I did the same as Coolio and just bought the cheap Chinese full strut/ spring assembly from Rock Auto. 2 years and 47,000 miles later it's all still working well!

The full assembly is a big time saver. I knocked those front ones out in no time, and ended up spending much more time on the rear struts. At that time, I was unable to find a full rear strut assembly. They are available now, however.

 

Well if you're an amateur like me, than it could easily add a couple of hours or more for all 4 struts.

If you do decide to do the individual pieces instead of the full assembly you will save time by using a grease pencil to park the position of the top piece (looks like a top hat) and the orientation of the coil spring. I didn't know that this was necessary and it caused me to spend 3-4 hours just to do the rear struts. This was because the OEM rear strut does not twist, and you have to get the "top hat" in just the correct orientation so that the lower hole will fit into the stud. I ended up taking that coil spring assembly apart probably 10 times to get it right, but again I'm very much an amateur.

 

Here a pic of an OEM strut. You have to put a coil spring compressor on to compress the spring so that you can remove the top nut. As long as you mark the positioning of everything it shouldn't be too bad, but if you don't you will be hating life.

I strongly recommend buying the full strut assembly and saving the headache if you don't have experience.