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Oh my GOD are you in luck! 900 1995

posted by  someone claiming to be Shadow on  Fri May 25 05:53 CST 2001 [RELATED]

When I did my struts I was too broke to afford the OEM or Bilsteins or anything real...

I ended up buying cheapo Monroe Sensa-Tracs, thinking well, they must be better than what I have now. When the time is right, I'll change them again.

Once I got them out of the box, I was stunned to see they are the exact same unit, from the exact same factory in Belgium, that produces the OEM units. Apparently the sales volume for Monroe, on that application is so low, it does not pay for them to tool up and make their own.

So they buy surplus inventory from the OEM, paint them black, slap a Monroe sticker on them and sell them for 80% less than volvo does!!

Indeed, when I scratched away the black paint I found the usual volvo blue underneath. Jump on that one.

The rears are regular shocks, even at the dealer they are only about $60 a piece. Not bad since monroe has the completely WRONG number listed for 95 on the rear.





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