ZX2 Struts blowen in under 2 years (1992 MX-3 GS)

quicksliver · Post by **quicksliver** » March 27th, 2005, 12:54 pm

Just thought i would mention that in March 2003 I bought some ZX2 Struts, Upper Thrust Bearings, and Dust Boots. Brought them to a very reputable mechanic and told em' to put them on my car...no problem.

It's now March 2005 and both of my front ZX2 Struts are blowen. There is oil on the strut mounts. A buddy of mine who is a mechanic pointed this out to me the other weekend when he was replaceing an out of the box faulty axle.

Here is my setup...
1992 Mazda MX-3 GS 1.8L
Suspension Technique Lowering Springs
205/40/17 tires in summer and 205/60/15 in winter

This car is driven 90% highway and 10% in-town. The area i live in does not have a problem with potholes or rough roads either. So yah, as far as im concerned the ZX2 Struts are total garbage. Didn't even get two f---in' years out of the things.

mazdubber · Post by **mazdubber** » March 27th, 2005, 1:02 pm

They are blown because they are under sprung. Suspension tecniques are made for the RS only. You need stiffer springs with the GS.

quicksliver · Post by **quicksliver** » March 27th, 2005, 2:52 pm

Hmmm. Good point lol

jschrauwen · Post by **jschrauwen** » March 27th, 2005, 4:00 pm

quicksliver wrote:Hmmm. Good point lol

Would that be a big oooops

Or an Oh s---

babyblueMX3 · Post by **babyblueMX3** » March 27th, 2005, 5:20 pm

blew within a summer on mine...suspension techniques also here

TsiMiata · Post by **TsiMiata** » March 27th, 2005, 5:53 pm

If you get some new struts I'll buy your old blown ones.

babyblueMX3 · Post by **babyblueMX3** » March 27th, 2005, 5:54 pm

acutally it's only the rear one..I'll change them soon..I'll give them to you if you want them

DavidOS · Post by **DavidOS** » March 27th, 2005, 11:47 pm

umm im riding on eibachs for an mx3 we will see if they mine explode or not soon, as the roads here ... might as well be rally dirt roads and the suspension is stiff.

jschrauwen · Post by **jschrauwen** » March 28th, 2005, 1:34 am

DavidOS wrote:umm im riding on eibachs for an mx3 we will see if they mine explode or not soon, as the roads here ... might as well be rally dirt roads and the suspension is stiff.

The roads in London must have gotten a lot worse since I lived there.

Sam Baker · Post by **Sam Baker** » March 28th, 2005, 3:48 am

damn thats really surprising! i'd think those zx2's would last forever since they're hard to bottom out and most of the pressure is on the springs.

but anywayz it might be that Sus Tech is the prob?

Gro Harlem · Post by **Gro Harlem** » March 29th, 2005, 3:00 am

no dust boots = blown struts. did you have some?

Flashpoint2 · Post by **Flashpoint2** » March 29th, 2005, 4:21 am

I wouldn't say the springs are the problem.. i have them on my RS (which they're made for, as was pointed out earlier), and i haven't had any issue with my struts at all. The springs have been on for 3 years and the struts are older than that.

babyblueMX3 · Post by **babyblueMX3** » March 29th, 2005, 9:52 am

Gro Harlem wrote:no dust boots = blown struts. did you have some?

yup new boots

Josh · Post by **Josh** » March 29th, 2005, 10:12 am

im glad i went with the Koni inserts, i was real close to buying the ZX2 struts. got a great deal on the Koni's.

MarkMoore · Post by **MarkMoore** » March 29th, 2005, 10:54 am

quicksliver wrote:Just thought i would mention that in March 2003 I bought some ZX2 Struts, Upper Thrust Bearings, and Dust Boots. Brought them to a very reputable mechanic and told em' to put them on my car...no problem.

It's now March 2005 and both of my front ZX2 Struts are blowen. There is oil on the strut mounts. A buddy of mine who is a mechanic pointed this out to me the other weekend when he was replaceing an out of the box faulty axle.

Here is my setup...
1992 Mazda MX-3 GS 1.8L
Suspension Technique Lowering Springs
205/40/17 tires in summer and 205/60/15 in winter

didn't u have a heated debate w/ sam baker a while back about how great these struts were? kinda ironic i think...

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ZX2 Struts blowen in under 2 years (1992 MX-3 GS)

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