Quote Originally Posted by byron84
My Aveo replaced a rusty old crappy honda that kept breaking down (was fun to drive though). My Aveo has never let me down despite my being a less than good owner.

I am curious about a few things though. Are the KYB shocks equivalent to stock, or do they offer better performance?

Also, for those of you who own the newer ones like 2009 or 2010 - have they done anything about the creaky suspension noises?
KYB is definitely better. And from what I understand about the 04-08 hatch - the suspension creaking is from the sway bar bushings. I'm yet to take the sway bar off and wrap the sway bar/bushings with teflon. Hope that actually works. Anyone here actually done it?