My Evo 9 at low speed (less than 10mph), every little bumpe and crack in the road gives my front right a pinging sound . I brought it to a repair shop to check it out and they told me to replace the front struts.

They said the car has a leaking strut and is making noise on the right front side.
the shop says the OEM front struts cost $350 each / $700 a pairs and labor cost $315 + 100 alignment . total is 1215 with tax . ( it sounds a bit expensive to me is this price reasonable ?) then I ended up paying $50 for checking ...

I am wondering should I replace the same OEM struts, or to get a better brand or is there anyway to just repair my current struts ? is it a common problem ? any advise would be greatly appreciated .

 

Strut is blown.

Do you have an Evo 9 MR? If not, no - KYBs are not rebuildable.

Search the For Sale forum here for a set of used KYBs. Should be $300 for all 4 (less for just front pair). Find a new shop. $315 for a 2 hour job is way off.

Better: Bilstein HD struts (new) or used set of Bilstein MRs. Both are rebuildable. Cost more up front.

 

EVO 9 not MR . so the OEM is KYB ? how come the shop told me OEM cost $350 each and KYB cost 230 each ...

 

Shop has no idea what an Evo is.

 

Do I need to replace spring as well ? or the spring need to be adjusted to fit Bilstein HD struts ?

 

Should not have to replace the spring.

 

Thank you for your advises

 

I just placed an order of a pairs of front Bilstein HD Struts. Does it matter if I am using Bilstein HD Struts in the front and keeping the KYB in the rear ? ( since the rear struts are still good )

 

Rears wont be that far along to they need to be replaced also. For daily driving, wont make a big difference if keeping the OEM springs on all 4 corners.

I'd start saving up for the rears.