For daily driver type vehicles, I typically just buy cheap shocks. I don't think I have ever owned a car/truck that I have had to replace the shocks more than once. I have put expensive "sport" shocks/struts/springs on a couple past BMW and Porsche cars, but never on daily drivers. My 2011 Toyota Tundra with about 120k on the clock and still on original shocks could use some new shocks soon. I have not looked yet, but am confident I won't be buying the "best" replacements. It is not a canyon carver or race car.
I just bought four completely assembled no name shock/strut/spring assemblies for my old '08 240k daily driver Cayenne. I paid less for this set (269.51) than what one OE strut only costs. Am guessing they will be just fine for my daily commute. The worn out originals were long overdue and were giving me a jarring ride over railroad tracks and rough sections of road. I don't expect these new ones to last 10+ years like the originals, but I am betting this car will be used up before these new shocks give up the ghost. We shall see....
The new "cheap" front struts and the old originals.
