Review on 🔥 KYB 344353 Excel-G Gas Shock Absorber by Tory Richardson

First, aftermarket shock absorbers for the 1st generation Honda Pilot are already limited. Shocks I was excited. Also, I watched a YouTube video from a KYB employee that said the Excel-G dampers are damped a little more than standard to reduce wear on the suspension (I'm guessing the bushings) on high-end vehicles to balance mileage. This concept really won me over. Well, my '04 Pilot shocks needed replacing. They didn't feel burned out, but the car drove 120,000 miles in Southern California and I saw clear signs of oil leaking from the shock absorbers. So I replaced them. Of course, the original shock absorbers were completely blown out. Manual compression required the same amount of force (as on the KYB), but there simply wasn’t enough gas left in the chamber to bring the shocks back to full length. I was even more excited about installing these KYB shocks. Maybe my expectations were a bit high after seeing KYB ads + my experience with bigger performance hits because I was disappointed. KYB was no different than my normal shock absorbers! The impact and rebound felt exactly the same. This is with zero passengers in the truck and nothing on the hitch. I really wanted the promised stiffer feel because I occasionally ride 4 bikes (and passengers too) on a hitch rack. So it would be nice to have something more solid to offset the extra weight in the back. I know there is another aftermarket shock for the pilot that has an extra coil spring to handle the extra load, but I've heard those shocks are springy because they can't handle that extra spring (design flaw! ). Maybe in another 100,000 miles I'll try them instead!