hilgeg

I was helping my neighbor wrench on his 98 4Runner when we noticed his spacer lift was in bad shape. So were his front struts. I recommended he take a look at some newer coil-overs with 0-3 inch lift potential or even some used Tundra struts and coils. He took a liking to the Tundra option but steered it in another direction....he called a local auto parts store and sourced some 00-06 Tundra strut and coil combos from I think Monroe. Similar to this:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Toyota-Tundr...-/281117278599

Much cheaper then even a used set of Tundra Bilstein struts. So is he a cheap genius, or is this a bad idea I need to talk him out of?

hilgeg

I've never known this forum to be short on opinions??

dsal_86Yota

if its a replacement to factory parts then it should work fine. I've used monroe shocks, pre lift, on my truck and liked them, They did me good even when I shackled the rear and adjust the torsion bars on my 86 pickup. Prob will wear out faster then the stock blistens.

scuba

Why would they wear out faster than bilsteins?

dsal_86Yota

Just saying possible. Quality of each as a new product. . If the guy is just light wheeling mostly a street cruiser then Monroe's would do fine but if he does any wheeling often might wear them out faster. I wore my Monroe's out in about 1.5years