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Old 07-05-2004, 05:59 PM   #1
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I've heard of a couple failures of AGX struts with lowered suspensions. I have around 1.5" drop in the front and 1" drop in the rear. I currently have GR2's on, but with the AWD swap I'm doing I will need new rear struts. I would like a set of AGX's, however I don't want to have to worry about them failing prematurely.

Anyone have experience with AGX's on a lowered suspension? How long have you had them, how many miles, etc.

I know KYB's stance is they won't warranty the struts on suspension that is lowered more then 1.5" I don't know if the GR2's fall in the same category, or if they'll hold up better then the AGX's with a lowered suspension. I've got an email into KYB, but haven't heard back yet.

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Old 07-05-2004, 06:28 PM   #2
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Lowering a regular strut more than -1.5", be it KYB, Koni, or even STi, is just asking for premature failure. Used properly, I don't think the KYB AGX is more or less prone to failure than any other strut. I haven't heard much of anything about the GR2s - good or bad.
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KYB recomends not lowering more than 1".
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Old 07-07-2004, 09:22 PM   #4
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hmmm.....thanks for the comments.

Like I mentioned....I've had the GR2's on my car for about 70-80k miles. 13k of those recent miles have been with the lowering springs.....
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