Rear struts

Haganracing · Post by **Haganracing** » Tue Nov 03, 2009 12:23 am

Hey guys, im going to get new struts for my 2002 Dodge neon sxt (oem replacements)..

The struts I have now dont have the swaybar bracket on the strut like other neons i saw at the junkyard...

If i get the 2002 r/t rear struts, will it have the sway bar brackets? and is it the same as the sxt struts I have now? but just with the swaybar bracket.

Thanks guys
-Chris

heydockyle · Post by **heydockyle** » Tue Nov 03, 2009 12:28 am

According to my dad all new struts come with the bracket. He bough regular non rt replacement struts for his 02 that looks exactly like yours and it has the brackets.

Haganracing · Post by **Haganracing** » Tue Nov 03, 2009 10:46 am

Oh ok, cool!

I guess they just didn't have them from the factory at the time it was assembled.

Thanks man!

neonslg09 · Post by **neonslg09** » Tue Nov 03, 2009 10:49 am

You know, you should just buy coilovers.

Haganracing · Post by **Haganracing** » Tue Nov 03, 2009 12:45 pm

I'm not going to spend a lot of money on coilovers when I got lowering springs from eibach

Becides, its my dd and I don't want to be feeling every stone in the road

FAC3L3SS · Post by **FAC3L3SS** » Tue Nov 03, 2009 3:19 pm

^^ valid point. CO's are great, but you need to be ready for the change in ride they bring.

I wish you would have posted this like a month ago. I had both my Tokico rear struts sittin in the shed, with Eibachs still mounted on them!

Haganracing · Post by **Haganracing** » Tue Nov 03, 2009 4:06 pm

Oh man, bummer.

Yeah, i got the springs already.. Just need to buy new struts.. Going to just get some OEM struts.. Nothing special, my struts i have on my car now had lowering springs on them from 85k-110k until the blew out.. I was really suprised they lasted that long

excon · Post by **excon** » Tue Nov 03, 2009 9:28 pm

neonslg09 wrote:You know, you should just buy coilovers.

not everyone has $1K laying around.

...although after buying struts, springs, renting a spring compressor, or just having them installed professionally (to save you the headache of install) it works out to about the same as coilovers... without professional installation... and alignment...

Haganracing · Post by **Haganracing** » Tue Nov 03, 2009 11:30 pm

My friend's dad has a spring compressor

I only had to pay for the springs the first time (since my school had a spring compressor and an alignment rack

)

But this time im just going to buy the new struts and an alignment.

sidepipe87 · Post by **sidepipe87** » Wed Nov 04, 2009 3:27 pm

excon wrote:
neonslg09 wrote:You know, you should just buy coilovers.
not everyone has $1K laying around.

...although after buying struts, springs, renting a spring compressor, or just having them installed professionally (to save you the headache of install) it works out to about the same as coilovers... without professional installation... and alignment...

TRUTH.

But the second part isn't. I spent $200 on new Tokicos and $100 on new H&R Springs. $300 < $1000