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Brumby strut prices ....heart attack !!

Post by steptoe » Thu Oct 29, 2009 12:19 pm

anyone priced Brumby front struts lately? Pedders tell me $295 each. Monroe Wylie have no listing for Brumby and one for MY Leone wagons - go figure???

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Post by FROG » Thu Oct 29, 2009 2:04 pm

genuine only 165.00 each :-)
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Post by rubisubi » Thu Oct 29, 2009 3:20 pm

I bought a pair from the wreckers for $110. Work fine.

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Post by TOONGA » Thu Oct 29, 2009 10:23 pm

seems sometimes you say the word brumby in a parts shop and suddenly parts get 24k gold plated

this guy on ebay has them (just the struts and the picture is wrong)

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/SHOCK-ABSORBERS- ... 29f82f2911

Hastings, NSW, Australia and they are kyb's

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Post by steptoe » Fri Oct 30, 2009 8:04 am

Or they buy them off Subaru, paint 'em up and rebox 'em as their own , and make a tidy profit. Thanks guys. I was gonna try genuine as IS ALWAYS worth the comparo I have found in recent past.

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Post by FROG » Fri Oct 30, 2009 11:26 am

Feel free to email me for genuine prices anytime :-)
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Post by El_Freddo » Fri Oct 30, 2009 4:02 pm

I priced a set of rears for the L series - about $270 without spring of course. These were the gabriel units. I'm going to go for a second hand set next time I'm at PAP, should be a lot cheaper!

I also don't like the way the subi bounces around the road with the shot units on... They're starting to create a crabbing problem around corners similar to what steptoe has asked about in another thread...

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Post by Captain Obvious » Fri Oct 30, 2009 5:21 pm

try KYB!!!
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Post by steptoe » Sun Nov 01, 2009 10:03 am

any new shock is gonna be and feel better and safer than an old, but does anyone know if KaYaBa as found on ebay, are any better than a genuine. A mate has an uncle who is based in Europe and is his country's wholesaler of several top brands, many of which retail for about $40 ! Shame the postage is the killer.

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Post by El_Freddo » Sun Nov 01, 2009 2:22 pm

Captain Obvious wrote:try KYB!!!
KYB's are the units that came out on the L series from the factory arn't they? And I'm sure they're the pick for replacement from what I've read. I'm going second hand as I just need the rear to settle down and drive as it should for now.

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Post by Gazza01 » Wed Oct 22, 2014 3:38 pm

Mate I have ordered a pair of Gabriel G55726 front struts for Subaru Brat. Same as Brumby from Rockauto in the USA . Delivered all up $210.00

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Post by steptoe » Wed Nov 26, 2014 12:03 pm

Gazza01 - how'd they work out ??

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Post by RSR 555 » Thu Apr 30, 2015 8:55 pm

steptoe wrote:Gazza01 - how'd they work out ??
Not too good by the sounds of it ;) stick to KYB
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