Tokico stock on MX3??

lakersfan1 · Post by **lakersfan1** » February 27th, 2006, 7:38 am

OK. I've heard for the longest time on here that KYB were the OEM strut for the MX3. I did my rear struts earlier this week. Pulled off black struts with 'KYB' on them and a Mazda part number. Check. But then yesterday, I do my fronts and I look and they say 'Tokico' and have a Mazda part number. WTF?? Is this standard? Was there a sport suspension option?

Also, if this is what they gave us from the factory, maybe it's best to put sport valved struts in the front, and softer struts in the rear?

Post by **Custommx3** » February 27th, 2006, 9:37 am

Tokikos are stock.

jschrauwen · Post by **jschrauwen** » February 27th, 2006, 2:19 pm

Custommx3 wrote:Tokikos are stock.

And all this time I thought it was KYB's that were the factory norm. Perhaps depending on certain production runs or segregation between RS vs GS that there may have been variations with struts - Tokikos vs KYB's. Figure??

lakersfan1 · Post by **lakersfan1** » February 27th, 2006, 3:09 pm

I wonder if anyone has ever priced OEM front struts from a dealership then? Or are they probably so expensive you might as well get Mazdaspeeds?

Post by **Custommx3** » February 27th, 2006, 3:21 pm

Im not sure if some came with KYBs, but my 92GS and my 95 RS both came with factory Tokikos.

atlantamx3 · Post by **atlantamx3** » February 27th, 2006, 3:51 pm

Just like the stock wheels are made by Enkei... so if you have stock alloys- you have Enkei wheels!

lakersfan1 · Post by **lakersfan1** » February 27th, 2006, 4:19 pm

Our stock wheels are pretty kick a-- IMO.

psyense82 · Post by **psyense82** » February 27th, 2006, 4:30 pm

171 for dealer issued struts thro mazda. so i went to AAP and got gr2s for 58

Post by **Custommx3** » February 27th, 2006, 4:52 pm

Rockauto.com them for 52 I believe.

jrors · Post by **jrors** » March 4th, 2006, 5:31 pm

Wow, that's something else to know! Our rides came with a good brand strut and rim. Seems to me that Mazda took alot more pride and effort into the MX-3 than I had previously thought.

!GOOD INFO!

Mazda_Powered · Post by **Mazda_Powered** » March 6th, 2006, 12:09 am

dont they have the highest spring rate too? i mean compared to other cars that are compatible? like protege/323 and EGT/LTS?

because if thats true im gonna use mx-3 spring/strut combo on my protege GT instead of the EGT suspension i was gonna get.

JACK