I need to replace both of my rear shocks and am looking for some substitutes for the originals. Yokohama Motors has the originals to purchase but they're ridiculously expensive. I noticed on another thread people mentioned Rancho 9000s. Anybody know of any other substitutes?
Like you I never could find any at a reasonable price. My shocks have a U type bottom end. I wound up making an adapter bracket using 1/4" plate and drilling two holes in it so I could mount shocks with round holes in both ends of the shocks. Not the best solution but it works. Hope you find what you need. Post it if you do.
Subaru BRAT shocks are nowhere near the same as what is on the KS/KV chassis. If you need the U shaped bottom shocks, the KYB KSA1134 is what Yokohama sells, not the originals. They sell for about 17,000¥ for a pair in Japan. You might find another company willing to ship them to you, but the extra $35 that Yokohama charges is not too bad for a handling fee.
Why does that seem high? Figure about $80-85/ea for the shocks and $115ish for shipping sounds about right for EMS from Japan.
Plus they should be OEM so should fit with no modifications to mounts as one might have to make in order to fit some aftermarket or non-standard shocks. Fred
My truck is at my cabin. I’m heading up there tomorrow. If I can remember I’ll get the part number of the shocks I bought and a picture of the bracket I made. I’ll post it this weekend.
I bought the shocks at Autozone. Part number 82001. The bracket I made, and don't laugh at my weld job. I am not a welder.
I know this is an old thread but what I ended up doing was using the Monroe 31000's ($30 canadian each on amazon) and even tho they have double eyelets on both ends, I chopped the bottom eyelet in half and welded on arms to simulate the U bracket. they work just fine. Fully extended they are about 1.5" longer than the OEM rear ones, but haven't had an issue yet at stock height, no lift kit. Other options for proper length at stock height are: Monroe 32207 - Compressed Length (11.25in) Extended Length (17.875in) KYB 343144 - Compressed Length (10.35in) Extended Length (16.46in)
I got my Sambar back in October 2021. I had the truck up for a body lift and decided to check the shocks. Truck only has 58600 km. A baby could have pushed them in and out. Absolutely were doing nothing! After much thinking I went with the KYB 343144 and made a bracket similar to Botl101. This way I can use a standard shock when I need to replace in the future with no further hassle. I cut the U connector off the old oem shocks for connecting to the same location and used some right angle channel to fabricate the other side to fit the KYB shock. The KYB is a little shorter than the OEM, but with the bracket turns out to be about the exact length as the OEM shock. One thing I did was to rotate the U connector ends by 90 degrees. This eliminates a second joint connection that could allow the shock to flex out or in at that point. Since the shock end will spin around, rotating one side 90 degrees from the other side doesn't affect it. Wish I could have found a Bilstein equivalent to the KYB. KYB's were on sale on Amazon for about $19 each. Thanks to everyone for the ideas and part numbers!