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Old 11-28-2008, 06:39 PM
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does anyone make a lightweight affordable strut? i saw some on the Team z website but im not about to pay 1000 a piece just for struts.

anyone know of any?
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Old 11-28-2008, 06:50 PM
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i don't think struts is going to be a good place to save weight. i shopped for new struts for a long time and none of them ever addressed the issue of weight.
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Old 11-28-2008, 09:32 PM
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answer the question please. i was told about QA1 is this a good brand?

again is there any others?
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Old 11-28-2008, 09:52 PM
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ummm if you're looking for 'lightweight' they will all weigh more or less the same....
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Old 11-29-2008, 11:31 AM
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ttt...
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Old 11-29-2008, 10:29 PM
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i read somewhere on here somebody did not like qa1 k member; don't know if their other parts are same. i went with tokico five way adjustable and am very happy with them.
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Old 11-30-2008, 01:02 AM
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well to awnser the OPs question, strange, tokico, qa1 kyb, and on the cheaper side gabriel all offer good choices, my vote goes for the strange as the best.
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Old 11-30-2008, 06:08 AM
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well qa1 offers some that are 200 bucks a piece that are said to be a couple lbs lighter than the avg strut. then theres strange struts that are known for just being bad ***. i havent used either one but im ordering strange when the time comes
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Old 11-30-2008, 09:15 AM
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You are not gonna save much weight at all in the struts so why are you really worried about it? I would go with strange 10 ways. You can use them for street and track with the turn of a ****.
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Old 11-30-2008, 02:22 PM
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the qa1's i believe are also adjustable. i believe theyre 10 or 12
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