Fish,
Its been a while. How are things going?
I was going to say KYB as well.
But I didnt realize that gabriel and monroe were THAT bad. Had bad experince with gabriel, but sepparate issue...
tdk
Things have been moving along nicely, thanks! It has been a while, good to see you back on the boards!
Yeah, to be honest, I believe that the Monroes have getting better, but for the money, I'd personally get KYB or something else. Even in OEM applications, example Buick Regals (Monroe Sensatrac is OEM), owners are switching over to KYBs to get a better ride and longer service life. Still, Monroe is a giant in the OEM arena - so they must be doing something right/people like them.
Gabriel struts, we just had lots of unusual problems with, most appear to be spotty quality control issues - even their G-Force premium performance struts don't compare to the more or less stock KYB GR-2, according to some owners on the Nissan forums that I troll from time to time.
Pretty sad, as 20-30 years ago, both of these companies were the premium shock brands to go to.