Blown strut?

[KA24Power]

My s13 blew out the left rear strut on a wicked pothole a week or so ago, so I ordered 2 new KYB GR2's for it, and installed them tonight. The left was out of shock oil and totally useless, as suspected. The right was just starting to leak, but I did it anyway. Put my springs on, re-assembled everything, torqued wheels etc and went for a drive.

Car feels 100x better, but when I pulled into my garage and got out I heard a hissing coming from the right rear. I checked it out, and the strut seems to be leaking the nitrogen gas already. Its not a tire leak, when I touch the damper where it enters the strut body I can hear a change in sound.

Has anyone ever had a new strut blow on them like this? I'm pissed, because its a friday night and I got them through my supplier at work so I can't get a replacement until Monday now...

F*ck

[nissans13240sx]

yeah i put gr2s on my friends car they lasted about a month.

[240RB1]

that sucks man i have the same struts on my car on k-sport springs for about a year now and they are still in great shape i guess these struts are a hit and miss type of deal

[destroyyourmind]

I have some and I love them never had one problem minus the small drop.

[GO240]

hey I busted my front right shock after i got some Tein lowering springs do kybs go good with tein or should i try something else and if so how much are they? thanks?

[KA24Power]

Well the strut is definitely not working properly, its noisy going over bumps and has a bit of shock oil on top of the shock body. I'll be calling the supplier monday when I get back to work and asking for a replacement free of charge. I haven't driven over any potholes, and I installed it the very same as the other side...

Guess I'm gonna need to extend my rental on the spring compressor.

[destroyyourmind]

what springs did you use what was the drop because I think there only supposed to be 1.5

[nismo592]

Hey, I'm new here, but i've been reading here for a while now.

With regards to the GR2 struts, i've purchased a complete set with tien s-tech lowering springs over a year now from enjuku and so far (knock on wood!! ) i haven't had a problem with them, considering that some of the roads there in Guyana is not too good.
Modified by nismo592 at 7:09 AM 4/5/2008

[KA24Power]

stock springs y0.

Got some Eibach pro kit for my s13, but this is my dads, so I just swapped the oem springs over.

[txs240]

I put GR2's all the way around on my 91 about a year ago and stayed with stock springs. About 3 months ago I put pro kit springs on and stayed with the same GR2's. It has been riding good this entire time. May just be a defect in that one. I would see if KYB or who ever you got it from will warranty it since its only been on there for like a minute.

[moulton712]

the gr2's do leak. i had some on my vert with tein s-techs for about 2 months.. then i put it up for the winter. i drove my white coupe in the winter burnt out the stock struts so i took the gr2's off the vert to put them on the coupe. i noticed they leaked alot.

just spend the money.. buy some coilovers. cause i don't feel like changing my struts every year.

my red coupe has coilovers.. never had a problem

[KA24Power]

I figure if it failed in less than a 10 minute drive it was defective. that is unheard of for strut failure...

[YOUNG240SX]

Yea this strut problem got me stressed,I thought it was a ball joint or something but when I went 2 go check my strut showed in oil...lol.my spring give about 2"in drop and I'm runnin kyb gab.I'm goin order the front struts in 2weeks I guess I'm super broke