Thread: Struts now - where are they made?

Originally Posted by BillBoost37

Couldn't care less where it's made as long as it's a good product. Monroe is typically a good replacement strut.

One thing to keep in mind though....and I found this with Bonnevilles, so it may apply to the GP world as well. The spring they put on the quickstrut is the SE or base model spring and it is sold under the SSEi (aka performance model) as well. Therefore if you swapped out you could potentially be downgrading your springs. Although after 11 years..the springs may be better than your stockers. Tough to say.

I do care where they're made. I would rather see my money going toward an American's working hand than the chinese guy hoping to put the American out of work.

On the springs, though, how did you determine this? Did you measure the diameter of the coil, load test, have factory information people wouldn't normally have? I'm curious because I don't want to put an inferior part on if that's the case.

Monroe does, indeed, use the same Quick-Strut for the SE, GT and GTP models. The guy I spoke with in their technical department said they typically lean toward the firmer ride side when there is a range on models from the factory.

Basically, I guess I'll measure the coil diameters and try to measure the length of the coil (as if it was unrolled and laying flat) before I install it to try to get some comparisons from the OEM parts to the aftermarket one I've chosen.

However, I did call the local dealership I do business with and the parts guy checked and found that the front struts are the same P/N from 1997-2003 for all three packages (SE, GT and GTP). The rears are different, for some reason on the '99, exclusively. He was unaware of what the difference was, though, and I didn't want to press the issue for parts that he knew I had not planned to buy from them.