Toyota echo 2000 struts and shocks made by kyb GR-2.

will these fit a 2004 scion xb for sure?

my stockers blew out 1 week after i installed my tanabe springs.. these hopefully will last longer alot longer than stockers... if they fit..

so... will they fit ?

 

what the heck happened???

 

no clue!

car was 1 year old. put tanabes on it and drove 200 miles. next thign i know its making noises and bouncing down the highway..

pull it apart... oil everywhere. there blown..


i need replacments.. and 600$ wont cut it.


i fond kyb gr-2's for 00-up echo's for 175 all the way around...

Anyone have proof they fit before i order these?

 

how's about a set of TRD's?
http://www.newscionparts.com/product/?id=1111

 

i was told trd's wont handle the tanabe drop.

 

sell the tanabes and buy coilovers

 

How many inches is the tanabe drop? I'm riding 2" spy drop springs and the TRD shocks/struts work great.

 

the same...I have tanabes and have been fine...

 

you guys both on trd's?


where were you guys 30 posts ago!


is it true that trd's are bilstiens?

 

i was also told the stockers work great! ahahh


seriosuly.. give me more info please

 

no I have stockies and they have been working fine. Have about 5k miles on them.

 

I blew my stock struts about 8k miles after I lowered. I can't remember the manufacturer of the TRD struts, but I believe it begins with a "T"; the instructions were in Japanese. I will look behind my wheel to see if the sticker with the company name can still be seen on them. I'll let you know.

 

how long have you been riding on the trd's ?

 

are you serious???

can somebody confirm cuz im going that route.

 

dead serious.. or i would have already jumped on that.

 

We have a hot lava over here in the norcal that I lowered on Goldlines and trds with no problems. In fact he went to the track for fun and thought it worked ok. Thats wierd that your struts went bad. I am at 36,000 miles and my struts are still good with my RS*R springs. I have had my car for about 1.5years too. I went from Eibach to Goldline to RS*R. Still going strong on my stock struts.

 

Just get the echo's they fit.

 

You don't need to use echo upper strut/shock mounts do you? I remember reading a post about it,forgot what shocks were used though

 

Ok, if the echos fit, do they make cheap(er), performance struts/shocks for the echo?

 

Any shock/strut that's the stock length is going to die
prematurely simply because with a 2"+ drop you are already
1/4 to 1/3 compressed. That constant compression causes
the fluids in the shocks/struts to get beaten up and foamy
which reduces their usefulness, and therefor causes them
to deteriorate faster.

Generally when you lower suspension the way we have, you
need shocks/struts that are slighly stiffer, and are designed
with a shorter travel in mind.

I used to get custom cut KYB or Koni Yellow that are
literally cut down X-Inches to match my lowering.

Not good news I'm sure, but stockies will blow. Getting the
Echo stokies is just going to do the same thing.