Catmonkey
01-15-2008, 08:43 AM
I performed a quick search and didn't come up with much info, so let me start by asking some of you at what point did you change your struts?
The car in question is my wife's daily driver (1999 Avalon) with somewere in the vacinity of 80,000 miels. Last time I used her car, which had to be a couple years ago, I told her she needed to have the struts replaced. It had too much of a floating feeling to believe the struts were doing what they're supposed to do. She had her independent mechanic look at it and he said the struts are okay. I don't know if he didn't want to do the job, or had too much work. So there is little chance she'll have anything done to her car. She's about to go visit our daughter and will be gone for a few weeks, which seems like a good time to get this done. I just priced the parts and WOW this not a cheap endeavor. If you've replaced your struts or had it done by a shop, I'd like to hear your experiences. FWIW, the car has always had a knocking noise coming from the passenger side strut, since day one, when traversing rough roads.
The car in question is my wife's daily driver (1999 Avalon) with somewere in the vacinity of 80,000 miels. Last time I used her car, which had to be a couple years ago, I told her she needed to have the struts replaced. It had too much of a floating feeling to believe the struts were doing what they're supposed to do. She had her independent mechanic look at it and he said the struts are okay. I don't know if he didn't want to do the job, or had too much work. So there is little chance she'll have anything done to her car. She's about to go visit our daughter and will be gone for a few weeks, which seems like a good time to get this done. I just priced the parts and WOW this not a cheap endeavor. If you've replaced your struts or had it done by a shop, I'd like to hear your experiences. FWIW, the car has always had a knocking noise coming from the passenger side strut, since day one, when traversing rough roads.