At 175,000, the struts on my 2000 Cavi are still okay, I bought the car used at 98,000, should I assume they were replaced by this point? Anyway, the time to replace won't be long. I would like to have a strut that has a more aggressive ' hit ' . No trail on, or bouncing, just a quick up...down, and stop. What I'm working with is stock coils, stock suspension and stock ' type ' tires 195/70/R14. It's a commuter, I don't race it. I believe with this mileage the springs to be good enough to just leave them as is. Or would it be better to just buy the strut/spring assembly already together? I don't really think I need adjustable struts or anything exotic to get a firm ride would I ? Just ones that are a direct replacement and don't require any cutting or fabricating . I have replaced struts in the past, older mid-80's FWD, so I think I can handle this project. Thanks in advance for any help or advice.....

Ipud wrote:We put Jap Traps on cinder blocks around here. We don't wave the American flag for novelty

I proudly own American cars, nothing else....

I would just put stock replacements on the car , honest opinion.

I would go with stock replacements as well. Just be careful of the bearing plates if you change them. I lost the balls the first time I took one apart.


- Your not-so-local, untrained, uncertified, backyard mechanic. But my @!#$ runs

Agx would be a nice upgrade that gives you some adjustment


see ya!

if you want something to firm up the stock springs,Go with a set of Tokico Hp Blues,They will be better than stock struts,And give you a better more firm ride..

Also if you do go with the Hp struts,You could just go with a small 1.5 drop spring which will make a nice diff and not lower it to much..

And what ever you do,Just replace the upper strut mounts on the front,And get a wheel alignment and you will be good to go.

Okay, I'm doing some research on Tokico and AGX, anyone used Koni's on their Cavi??

Ipud wrote:We put Jap Traps on cinder blocks around here. We don't wave the American flag for novelty

I proudly own American cars, nothing else....

yes, koni's are very nice. i loved my yellows.

only problem with them is you have to mod them to work and use pieces from your stock suspension to complete the installation. which for a novice person with some mechanical apptitude isnt too bad of a job its just more things to do versus just buying either the AGX's or the Tokico's and bolting them on right out of the box.

up to you, really. like i said, i loved my koni's and didnt mind the extra work but they really didnt seem to be any better than my d-spec's or any other j-body with a quality suspenion i ever rode in.



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