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Your cart is empty.Ride Comfort may be important, but restoring a vehicle’s Ride Control; stability, stopping, lane change responsiveness and handling is critical. KYB Excel-G Shocks & Struts are designed for the most important performance purpose: Restoring the vehicle’s original capabilities. KYB is a world leading supplier of shocks and struts to new vehicle manufacturers and the Excel-G is made on the very same KYB OE assembly lines, uses the same OE quality components and is calibrated to restore original, designed performance, not change it. That has earned Excel-G the classification: OEA (Original Equipment for the Aftermarket). The KYB Excel-G is a nitrogen gas-charged, twin-tube design that includes every quality component that our global OEM products include.
harryrat
Reviewed in the United States on July 18, 2016
Great strut, 35,000 miles later and they are still working great. A tad firmer than stock and a large improvement from blown stock suspension.
Stephen A
Reviewed in the United States on January 31, 2016
Bit of a job to install but clearly doable. Youtube is great for instructions. Fit very well. Car rides like new.
Randy Webb
Reviewed in the United States on January 29, 2016
Made the car ride like new again
jkrcmar
Reviewed in the United States on February 25, 2015
Great for the money
angry burd
Reviewed in the United States on June 11, 2012
Picked up the rear shocks for the wife's 1996 corolla since after about 100K the OEM ones needed replacing. Put these on (much longer to install than the fronts), and am very happy.Ride is much stiffer and a bit bouncey, but much improved handling over the blown OEM ones. For the price, I'm 100% satisfied.Also ordered the KYB dust boot cover, a bit pricey but worth it in the end since the OEM existing ones were all brittle and showed its age. Its two piece, easy to slip on and adjust.***A tip for those installing these shocks, if you cut a small slit w/the grinder on the tab that holds the brake line, you can slip the brake line in and out of the shock without removing the brake line and spending time bleeding the brakes. After you cut the tab, bend it up with a plier and after you slip the line in, bend it back to how the tab was originally and then pop in the locking brake line clip. A little trick that saves lots of time.Just ordered the front ones since they were out of stock, awaiting them to come in......
L. Libraro
Reviewed in the United States on February 3, 2011
These struts are stiffer than original, but greatly improved handling on my 1993 Geo Prizm. Night and day difference, and when I had to slam on my brakes to avoid a driver drifting into my lane on the highway through a turn in the wet, good tires and suspension allowed me to recover, and probably saved my life. Glad I made the purchase, and will buy GR2's again in the future.
James F. Woodward
Reviewed in the United States on June 4, 2010
Put these on my daughters 2001 Corolla CE, You need to know what you are doing and have the correct tools to install these shocks!! If you have a spring compressor and know how to bleed brake lines you will be good to go (I had a AST Certified Mechanic helping me with access to the Toyota manual). The most challenging part was figuring out how to remove the back seat to get to the top on the shocks, the rest was straight forward removal and install. PS The shocks look nothing like the picture posted.
Tornadoman
Reviewed in the United States on December 30, 2009
I was told by mechanics and friends to buy KYB struts and shocks because of their great ride and handling balance. Well, the handling is outstanding but it comes at a price. The ride on my 97 Corolla is now very rough! On bad roads it rattles my bones and everything in the car. On bumps and dips, the firmness kills my back. But, on good roads, the ride is quite acceptable.I also own a Mazda 3 and thought that the ride is on the firm side. This was my only complaint about the Mazda. All the car magazines agree on the firmness of the Mazda 3 but I have to say that the Corolla puts the Mazda to shame. When I drive my Mazda now, I think I am in drivers heaven! The rides seems so smooth compared to the Corolla.On the plus side, the Corolla rides more safely on the concrete freeways that can be bouncy at times. There is no more floaty feeling on the freeway and it is much easier to go faster. The car is more connected to the road. If I had to buy struts again, I would think twice about purchasing the KYB's again. I would probably go with a less firm strut.
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