Rear suspension seems to bottom out over medium bumps in road and dips.. ??? (Page 3/3)
fieroguru OCT 29, 06:05 AM

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Originally posted by phils88GT:

Ok, so I went to Rock Auto and looked up the struts I bought back in March of this year. They are KYB Shocks & Struts 234005 - KYB Excel-G Gas Shocks and Struts. As it would turn out, they don't list these for the 88 Fiero GT, but they do list them for the 87 Fiero GT. I guess at the time I was so dead set on getting KYB's for all four corners that when I went to Summit Racing, because I couldn't find the KYB's on Rock Auto for the 88 GT, Summit Racing listed them (KYB # 234005). But now, I am looking and they don't have them listed for the 1988. I guess I am up a creek and will have to just suck it up and get the Monroe's from Rock Auto.

This sucks! What a waste of money! :-(



Again, your issue is the lack of bump stops... Buy 2 of these: https://www.summitracing.com/parts/URO-008941
They are a lot cheaper than new struts, which will have the same issue if the bump stops are left off again.

There are lots of people using the KYB 234005 on the 88s w/o issue.
Monroe Sensatracs name/model has been retired and the only Monroe rear strut is the 71814 OE Spectrum. It is listed for all years of Fieros.

It has probably been 2 decades since the 88 Fiero had their own unique rear strut.