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Old 26 Oct 2007, 04:59 pm
Tegger
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Default Re: Replacement struts : OEM vs aftermarket

vikram@gmail.com wrote in news:1193422148.972463.68960
@o80g2000hse.googlegroups.com:

> I purchased a used 2002 Honda Civic which has a leaking front shock on
> the right. I would like to get the full strut replaced. I've looked
> around and found wildly varying prices for both the strut as well as
> labor involved in the replacement.
>
> The OEM parts are liquid struts and are priced at ~ $118 a piece at
> the Honda dealer. A Monroe shock is priced at $169 while the part
> offered at a Midas is priced at almost $230 a piece.




Are the OEM's just the inserts while the aftermarkets are body and insert?


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