Quote Originally Posted by AVE0SAM
ive had mine lowered for quite sometime, even had big ol 17x7 wheels on there and my shocks and struts are still working fine...which is surprising because I hit my fair share of potholes
Have you actually removed them and tested them? I'm sure if you do, they will not be good at all.

Yes, the KYB struts will last a lot longer. I got 80k out of the KYB's on my Subaru and that's with autoXing, rallyXing, pulling my dirtbike on a trailer in the woods, etc