Suspension maintenance

Where did you hear a car would have a "lifetime suspension"? I don't think I've heard that from any car manufacturer before.

If you have a buddy that can do the work, he should take a look and inspect the vehicle for worn parts and replace what's needed. I would think the struts/springs would be the first to get replaced......but you would have to check everything (for rust) before blindly replacing the parts.

 

Maybe check one or two more, just in case the other Prius was raised, lol.

Here's info from the 2004 Prius sales brochure:



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It might be a little tricky measuring height of yours. Laser level might help? Or a regular level and some 2x4's?

Would vehicle height stat's be measured with an unloaded vehicle? I think that's what Wiki's saying, which makes sense:

Ride height - Wikipedia

 

The lifetime strut and exhaust warranty was cancelled as I remember. I forgot when...

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Ended July 31, 2013:

Which parts does Toyota cover under the Lifetime Guarantee?

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Guarantee was written by some tax filing wizard by the name of Dennis "Celery". He frequents the Caymen Islands and is delaying his I.R.S. audit....................

 

The struts on a G2 stop participating at around 90,000 miles. Like most struts. They are a maintenance item.

Mine were replaced at that time and all 4 were dead when I tested them. Fronts worse than the rears. So all your struts have been dead for 80,000 miles.

In your case with the rear end sagging and I have seen alot of those on this site usually from towing you need to replace the rear struts and its accompanied spring. You can buy the oems they are expensive or you can buy an aftermarket all in one strut/spring and just bolt it in.

Rears are pretty easy except the rear interior has to be removed to get to the top strut mount bolt. If having them done that's extra labor and time to remove and reinstall the interior.

I had mine installed and I removed the rear interior myself before bring the car to them so they didn't get greasy fingerprints all over the interior. Its the same interior you remove to access the hybrid battery or clean the hybrid battery fan which btw is a good idea.

 

Rear struts on Toyota dealer online websites are actually cheaper than most places. I think I paid around $40 for each strut when I ordered mine.

 

Does that include the spring?

I bought all new oem including all the bumpers and rubber and the top bearing for the fronts. Just paid to have them installed. It really added up.

 

Toyota doesn't have a complete unit for sale, it's piece work. If you add everything up individually, it probably would be very expensive.

KYB has a complete strut with spring kit, but the ride on the KYB stuff is much stiffer.

 

yeah thats what I did piece work all oem front and back. $$$$.

Car drove nice for about 40,000 miles then started getting stiff again. It was expensive. No spring though.

I would not have done that except I bought the car new so had some emotional investment in a car I usually dont have. The car had run so good no issues whatsoever.

 

If you had struts replaced at a Toyota dealer from 01/01/1990 - 7/31/2013 you qualify for a free replacement for the rest of your life. I have 1 single strut replaced during that period on our '04 Sienna. We hit a deer driving from Cleveland back to So Cal. The collision center told us we needed to have the strut replaced and so we did. I have not been able to take advantage of that though....

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You may find a few threads that cover this (including air shocks, etc), by using the advanced search feature, while it still works.

Will recommend the following thread : https://priuschat.com/threads/heavy-springs-and-lift-upgrade.211727

Once you've decided on an upgrade path, please let report back if you learn or try something new

And pictures, everyone loves the pictures

 

Look up SuperSprings Coil SumoSprings CSS-1145 for an option. I was hoping Air Lift Co. or Firestone would have an air bag option for the Gen 2, but seems starting with '10, which I believe is Gen 3.

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Has anyone used these sumosprings?

 

I'm afraid nobody I know, but I like the idea. The AirLift bags a long long time ago would fail due to bad seams. This looks like a no brainer. Nothing to leak, no air lines to run, no air pressures to monitor...

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