FWIW, Toyota uses both KYB and Tokico. A tech guy I know really
likes the KYB in that they don't blow out nearly as often as
Tokicos do.
Matt Murray
mattm@optonline.net
Copyright 2002, Matthew D. Murray.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Hirt" <hirtmark@netscape.net>
To: "Matt Murray" <mattm@optonline.net>
Cc: "Teamdotnet" <autox@autox.team.net>; "Byron Short"
<bshort@afsinc.com>
Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2002 2:58 PM
Subject: Re: Fw: EOM Engines and OEM Shocks
> > Paul says that OEM shocks have already been tried in
> > showroom stock, and they failed there because the protest
> > shed couldn't enforce the rule.
>
>
> I tend to agree with Paul. How does one know what the guts of
an OEM
> shock is supposed to look like, much less what it should
actually
> measure. I am not sure about other service manuals but my
Toyota book
> says nothing about the specifications of the shocks and struts,
it just
> says they go here. PLUS they may even say "Tokico" on them,
Toyota does
> not make them ya know, they buy them and it doesn't say that in
that
> service manual either.
>
> So say I want to protest someones OEM shocks. I guess I
have to go out
> and buy one? Hope it was made by the same "OEM" manufacture as
theirs?
> What if it's not? Are the guts still the same?
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Mark Hirt
>
> Mark.Hirt@attbi.com
> http://home.attbi.com/~nxracer/
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