Fingers crossed if Bell Lexus has a Black Friday sale, I'm going to order parts to replace all 4 struts on my 2004 (non-air, non-sport).

Would anyone be so kind as to tell me which parts I need to buy? I want to replace everything rubber but I'm not **** - would skip a bolt unless it's considered necessary, for example.

Front:



Rear:

 

I mean, just the struts, the mount, and that's pretty much it. Compare prices with Bell and Partsouq and see what is better. Props for using OEM. I used the non-OEM KYB fronts and they were junk in less than a year. Expensive lesson learned. Also the non-OEM KYB strut mounts for the front were missing a piece, but that might have just been an Amazon problem.

I'd have to dig out my invoices but I think I got the mounts from Partsouq and the struts from Bell but it might be the other way around.

 

+1 on shopping the Japan retailers as you have the luxury of time. Partsouq, Amayama, Impex, etc.
Shocks/struts will be a hassle to ship from Japan. If they ship at all, you'll have to jump through some hoops to make it happen. Get them from Bell.

The front OE strut mounts come with bellows and a strut bumper all in one part number. The Japanese retailers sell them for almost half the cost of Bell. Shipping will be a bit higher but when ordering front and rear it's well worth it.

The rear strut mounts do not come with the extra parts you'll have to order them individually. See attached pic and be sure to order everything.
Aftermarket bellows and bumpers are available but they pale in comparison to the genuine parts.

 

Thank you 🙏 Is this single part number you refer to 48680? So those 3 bits and pieces above it don't need to be replaced?

 

You'll get more help posting actual part numbers, otherwise people would have to look them all up themselves. Those appear to just be caps but I'm not sure. Nuts come with aftermarket KYB, usually not with OEM and they're single use nyloc so will need those also. Boot and bumpstop usually come with the mount

 

Yes
48680-50110

The only non-reusable part in question is the strut nut (90177-12002) which should come with the new strut.

 

are you planning to replace control arm to get new control arm bushings?
bushings alone are over $100 and finding somebody to replace them is hard
I have the bushings on my shelf but so far no one I trust to do it
was told okay 18 months ago, but really at 21 years old they need to be done

 

No, I bought the car from a used car dealer who replaced the bushings but not the struts. (Actually they replaced the whole control arm assemblies with aftermarket... sob... did not realize how important this was at the time of purchase)

 

Discovered my rear control arm bushings are toast. Two different mechanics failed to notice this in inspections... 🤬

I can't find any part number for the bushings on these at amayama or bell lexus. Must these be replaced as a unit?

 

Hi I downloaded you images and can not print them. Any ideas?