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My Amazon is a 4 door saloon so possibly not a lot of help for Wagon owners but I fitted the rear pair to replace the KYB's on Saturday. Did a 300 mile round trip today, in 290 minutes, helped by a 7am start but slowed on the return journey around the crowded motorways around the London outskirts. Not hanging about though for a single carbed B18A. 4.10 axle and OD a big help. On the out leg I had it in OD for 140 of the 150 miles. Oh yes, the dampers..
Rated a big success and they match in very well with the "unknown" front ones. I don't know how much the fronts will improve the ride if I do fit the new Monroes there. It was interesting watching modern cars ahead coping with various types of road bumps and undulations and then feeling how the old Amazon dealt with the same ones. I thought it did pretty well even when doing 60-70mph(+). When doing the lower shock fixings I noticed that most of the rubber pucks on the trailing arms were well overdue for replacement so the axle wasn't as well controlled as it should have been. Means that the shocks should work even better when that's done.
So far then, a thumbs up for Monroes.
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