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Postby LUMIN8 » Wed Mar 09, 2005 10:51 pm

Besides the name.

i just bought monroe's last weekend, installed them myself this sunday and found that i needed new bumpstops, mine are r00ted. found out that repco's and supercheap didnt have it, and claimed that new bumpstops came with the KYB's, but evidently not with the Monroe's.

a shocks a shocks a shock. but when its a KYB you get a bumpstop with your shock.

lol

i guess.
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Postby Nuty|Mike » Wed Mar 09, 2005 10:54 pm

i didnt get new bumbstops with my shocks they are kyb....?
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Postby Bling » Wed Mar 09, 2005 11:02 pm

yer i didn't get bumpstops with my kybs

i just reused the old ones :oops:

meh cars a hilux anyway so no bumpstop issues for me :wink:

I also got the shocks tested a month or few later, and they performed pretty crap on the test, dunno why.... i mean they are brand new :?
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Postby LUMIN8 » Thu Mar 10, 2005 7:40 am

hmmm weird.

i guess the mystery will never be solved then....
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Postby Stealer Of Souls » Thu Mar 10, 2005 8:05 am

No bump stops with my KYBs either....
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Postby THA SHZ » Thu Mar 10, 2005 8:48 am

Bumpstops dont cum with kyb shocks at all . The main difference between kyb and munroe is that kyb is made in asia so suits all the japanese cars and is mainly made for japanese cars whereas the munroes are more suited to the holdens , fords etc as thtats wot they are made to suit . :D
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Postby rwd_mayhem » Thu Mar 10, 2005 9:12 pm

i didnt get bumpstops with my kybs either!

arnt monroes cheaper? my kybs were $230 4 2 and monroes in a supa cheap pamphlet were $170!
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Postby JT » Thu Mar 10, 2005 10:01 pm

Find someone who can get you a good deal at repco. Got a rear set of Monroe GT gas shocks for $89. They were for an ae86 and I needed them about 80mm shorter than standard, found the right length and they were listed for a bedford van :lol:
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Postby LUMIN8 » Thu Mar 10, 2005 10:33 pm

lol as usual sounds like someone at repco's / super cheap auto's is fulla shit.

where do these companies find these banana $&#$% monkeys?
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Postby Stealer Of Souls » Fri Mar 11, 2005 8:03 am

They probably keep advertising in the zoo times...
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Postby Nuty|Mike » Fri Mar 11, 2005 8:24 am

i personally got my job off the website . i aint been to the zoo in a long time . Also u might be able to anwer where the monkey donkey dumbarse customers come from .
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Postby pervert » Fri Mar 11, 2005 8:34 am

Nuty|Mike wrote:Also u might be able to anwer where the monkey donkey dumbarse customers come from .

Probably relatives of the employees.
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Postby Nuty|Mike » Fri Mar 11, 2005 8:45 am

nah not generally but good thought .

As for the difference between shocks kyb arent that good but better the munroe IMO
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Postby Ae92typeX » Fri Mar 11, 2005 8:57 am

if you aint got them yet, just go to any suspension shop, they have bumpstops on shelf, usually for a pretty good price and with several different lengths available.
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Postby AE85coupe » Fri Mar 11, 2005 11:43 am

in my opinion monroe gt gas were a tad better than kyb's

but i guess it depends on the car
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Postby Flyboy » Fri Mar 11, 2005 11:49 am

Munroes are a little bit more reliable than KYB's... :lol: KYB's can sometimes break... requiring replacement... :evil:
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Postby deaf_rattle » Fri Mar 11, 2005 12:01 pm

i am very happy with my kybs.
monroes for the rear of my car are going to cost me $99 for the pair, where as kybs will cost me about $170, so i figure the kybs will be better.
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Postby THA SHZ » Fri Mar 11, 2005 1:35 pm

Flyboy wrote:Munroes are a little bit more reliable than KYB's... :lol: KYB's can sometimes break... requiring replacement... :evil:


wtf how can u make a statement like that ? Either it was a manufactured fault in which u take it bak to them and they will replace it or it happened cause u drive like a monkey quite possibly :?
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Postby pervert » Fri Mar 11, 2005 1:39 pm

Haha KYB's break??? Suuure...

I have had good results with Munroes...
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Postby Flyboy » Fri Mar 11, 2005 2:52 pm

I just know some workshops that have had probs with the KYB's.. I think that they had manufacturing faults..
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