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Just a heads up to everyone... before you buy I would check www.completestruts.com since they seem to have the best prices (from what I can find online anyways). You don't have to disassemble or rebuild anything. Easy as cake.
I actually bought the same ones from that same site AFTER I bought monroe units. The monroe's were really noisy and clanked. Bought from completestruts.com and there was no noise or anything. WAY more affordable than the 171 series as well.
A spring compressor is not required, but would make it easier to remove and install struts. I just used a rubber mallet. The big thing no one has mentioned is getting the 350 ftlbs of torque on the bottom bolt. My torque wrench only goes to 220ftlbs, so I used a 3.5' pipe on it to get me close. Also, torque the bolt down half way, jack up the lower control arm to compress the strut, then apply final torque. I bought Monroe struts on Amazon for $250 a pair, did the trick on my 2007 FX4 SuperCrew
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03-26-2012, 09:58 AM
