In my Monroe Quick Strut Review I talk about both the pro’s and the con’s of the Quick strut. You can’t buy a spring, strut, strut hat, and strut bearing separately for twice the price of what you can buy a fully ready to go Monroe Quick Strut assembly.
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Monroe Quick Struts
- Bearing Plate
- Upper Spring Isolator
- Upper Spring Seat
- Coil Spring
- Boot Kit
- Lower Spring Isolator
- Premium Strut
OK, let’s get to the Monroe Quick Strut Review If you’re looking for race car handling, don’t install Monroe’s. Get the KYB Strut Plus instead. If you’re looking for nice comfortable new car quality ride and handling, these are what you want.
I love installing complete spring and strut assembly’s because in the end the vehicle always rides better and steers better because of the new bearings that come in the top hat assembly part of the strut. You just can’t go wrong installing these. Quality wise they should last as long or longer than the units that you took out.
One Problem Found In Our Monroe Quick Strut Review
The only thing you have to watch out for on these is there have been a small number of people reporting that the strut nut was loose on the new strut assembly and there was a rattle in the vehicle after installation. That’s it. No other problems.
So if you go with the Quick Struts, save yourself some grief and check the torque on the strut nut before you install them. By now hopefully Monroe’s got that issue taken care of.
Does Your Vehicle Need Them?
If you have over 100,000 miles on your vehicle, absolutely. I can pretty much guarantee your springs are toast. If it was my car and it had over 60K on it, I’d go with Quick struts. Under that, I’d just install strut cartridges.
The Monroe Quick Struts are available for Honda, Toyota, Nissan, Chrysler, Buick, Oldsmobile, Dodge and Chevrolet. Plus a few other makes and SUV’s too. Ford Explorer is one of them.
Good News
In the 31 years that I’ve been installing Monroe struts and shocks, I’ve never had to take a set back off a customers vehicle because of ride quality issues. Monroe is also offering a limited lifetime warranty on the Quick Struts and they’re offering them for trucks and SUVs too now.
Buy or Don’t Buy?
Like I said above, if I’m going for a nice comfortable ride, I would buy the Monroe Quick Strut and enjoy the new car ride that you get when you install them.
Check Amazon for the best price. And they have Free shipping. Monroe Quick-Strut Complete Strut Assembly, put in your own vehicle specs to see price and availability for your vehicle.
Thank you for stopping by and reading our Monroe Quick Strut Review.
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Thanks for the review! It was very helpful,and I’ve decided to buy a set for my Camry as a result.
You’re welcome Steve. I appreciate your feedback. You’re car’s going to love you for it. You won’t believe how much better it’s going to handle and ride with new Quick struts.
My only complaint was during install that the driver side stud bolts in the left strut mount were not positioned to match OEM fender well and as a result would not line up with the chassis holes. Had to send it back- did not feel like having to find somewhere to compress springs to align studs- these are sold as time/labor-saving ready for quick install. Not sure if the issue was a result of shipping or a lack of manufacturing/assembly QA at Monroe. This has caused me a week of down time waiting on replacement.
The other side fit like a glove.
Sounds like it had the wrong strut mount installed on top of the unit. That sucks.
Are quick struts available for a 1989 Camry?
Amazon shows they have them here: Monroe 171678 Quick-Strut Complete Strut Assembly
just want to ask if i can install monroe quick strut to my kia pride? its a low end car though but i want to have
it installed if it will fit
I’ll look it up for you, but I need to know what year your Kia is.
I have a Ford Expedition with 230K. I put new Monroe Struts on the rear (not Quick Struts) and was wondering if I should go with Quick Struts on the front (instead of the regular struts) to get the best quality ride. Any problem if I have regular struts on the back and Quick Struts on the front?
Thanks!
Hi Rob,
The only issue would possibly be the front being a little higher than the rear because the old springs in the back are going to be sagged. You might need to have the headlights re-aimed. That’s the only consequence I can think of.
Thanks Joe. I regret not knowing about Quick Struts prior to getting the rear taken care of – the shop never mentioned that option to me.
Hey, I have a 1997 Pontiac Sunfire that needs a new rear strut. I was wondering if the Quick strut is available for my car?
Click the link at the bottom of this page and look it up.
Click the link at the bottom to see if they have it at Amazon.
I HAVE A 2004 KIA SPECTRA 4 DOOR SEDAN WOULD QUICK STRUTS FIT MY CAR.
Hi Judy,
You have to click the link Monroe 171662L Quick-Strut Complete Strut Assembly above and look up your car. Thanks.
I had Monroe Quik-Struts installed on my Ford F150 today and one of the struts top center bolt was loose from the factory and rattled after being installed. So, the “bad” Quik-Struts are still out there.
I found this very helpful. I have a 2006 GMC Envoy 4X4 with struts on the front and traditional tube shocks on the rear. Struts on a truck? Had I known this I never would have bought it. Anyway I am thinking about the quick struts but I am concerned that the spring rate will not be the same as factory and be too soft. It bounces too much now with the factory Bilsteins on it so I would like it to be a little stiffer. What is your experience with the quick struts on Envoy’s and Trailblazers?
Hi Carl,
The springs are built to the same spring rate as the originals. Having said that, Monroe’s are never very stiff. I’d be looking at KYB Strut Plus instead. KYB’s are always stiffer compared to Monroe’s.
Thanks very much.
You’re welcome.
Do you know what the torquing requirement is for the nut on the top of the strut is, 1999 Toyota 4runner?
According to Alldata: Torque: 25 Nm (250 kgf.cm, 18 ft. lbs.)
Hello,
I have 2000 Lexus ES 300… I bought a quick strut and put them on… at the amortization i don’t feel so comfort than my old strut… Is it the spring too new and hard for the car? can you give me more information about that?
Thanks,
Erdem,
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