i recently got a set of bilstein shocks/springs from fjcruiserforums. there's a lot of guys trying to sell them for $200-300 because people will actually buy them at that price. i held out for a couple months and found a set for $200 shipped, which is getting to be a good deal as the price...
it's definitely getting harder to find a good deal. what i did was subscribe to the for-sale and giveaway forums at Toyota FJ Cruiser Community, so you get an email every day about all the new threads. i also subscribed to the classified forum here, and found a good deal on a full set of...
that's weird - usually when i hit the unlock button twice, i do it fast enough that it unlocks all the doors but there's still only one beep. if im not close enough to hear the doors unlock im not always sure that they did.
I'm looking for some FJ springs/shocks so I've been doing a lot of reading about this lately, and this is the first time I've heard that. Care to elaborate?
I want both the springs and shocks, I guess I assume that the springs are the same, I'm just wondering if the Bilstein shocks are that much better than the Tokico's.
Pretty much what I figured - thanks.
I PM'd him about 5 mins after he posted that :)
So are the Bilstein's worth the extra money/wait over the Tokico's?
I've been looking for an FJ suspension setup for sale to replace my stock suspension. It seems like a lot of them go for $50-100, but I'm not sure which shocks those are. I found a setup for $300 shipped across the country, and they're the Bilstein shocks. Is this a good price?
Are the...
Is there a difference between the springs from a 4x4 FJ and a 2x4 FJ ? Do I need to make sure they're coming from a 4x4, or are the front springs/shocks the same either way?
Super Moderator indeed! Thanks a lot for your reply. I've seen threads from euy and ark_swamp_rider, but like I said, people seem to get different results, even with similar setups. I remember a comment in one of euy's threads that a guy had the same setup but was showing different...