replacement struts sticker shock - yesterday

[reno]

my 2014 Toyota Camry SE 4 cyl. with only 58,000 miles on it . sure its 12 years old but talk about low millage we drive it daily but not far. anyway was informed it was time to replace the struts . so we had the shop quote us the price for all 4 using Monroe struts. we about fell over $900.00 for the fronts and $1100 for the rears. I was like WTH. we made some calls around and turn out that a good price /fair price. other shops were close but $200 to $300 more. for a total price to do the same job using the same brand shocks .
all the shop have said the same thing - about a year earlier the price would of been about 1/2 .

[Executioner]

Yeah they put the cheapest ones when you buy the car new. If you plan to keep the car, get ones with a lifetime warranty. Now, how do you know they need to be replaced?

[reno]

my ride seem to feel harder .when we push down on the car corners like front fender. there was very little movement as bounce ! the driver side rear quarter there was none . but we did have move ment on the passenger rear quarter when pushed down on . the struts on my car include the coil springs in a package /unit . will say when we looked at the shock part of the strut we don't see any leakage . i even looked with a flash light !
we took in to my normal repair shop and they confirmed what i thought. plus needing 2 stabilizer links replaced.

[Executioner]

My wife's 2013 Honda CRV still have the original struts. The car has 110k on the clock. I drive it about once a week and haven't noticed any hard driving.

[reno]

funny how one car can very to the next .but im also still doing a handyman service . load it with my hand tools at least on avg, 3 to 4 days a week .
also my tire we just bought not long ago are starting to also show signs of bad struts/shocks they been rotated twice already .

[Pugsley]

Struts and shocks normally don't cause tire wear. Ball joints and bushings and tierods will cause that. I guess if the top rubber bussing on the strut is worn out it can cause some minor alignment issue.