If you sell or install ride control for a living—or you just refuse to guess Excel vs Gas-a-just on a strut swap—the KYB Shocks and Struts Catalog is the ride-control book we keep under Catalogs. KYB’s U.S. application catalog covers passenger cars, light trucks, and SUVs with the Excel-G, Gas-a-just, Strut-Plus, and related lines shops actually order.
This page is a guide to that source book—how an application row works, how it relates to the Gabriel catalog we also host, and how not to mix the Europe PDF with U.S. applications. It is not another year/make/model dump. For browse-by-vehicle, use Mechanics’ Files (and the Amazon year/make/model selector on the Catalogs hub). Catalogs stays focused on the books.
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What’s inside the KYB U.S. catalog
Think of it as KYB’s ride-control application bible for the U.S. aftermarket. Typical coverage on each vehicle sheet:
- Front struts / cartridges — Excel-G and related strut assemblies, plus cartridge applications where KYB still lists them
- Rear shocks — Excel-G twin-tube and Gas-a-just high-pressure monotube where catalogued
- Strut-Plus / readystrut assemblies — complete corner units when KYB offers them for the platform
- Mounts & boots — when listed beside the damper row (always confirm whether the mount is included)
- Notes — AWD vs FWD, electronic suspension exclusions, “except electronic,” spring rate / self-leveling callouts
KYB sheets, like Moog’s, almost never list a single model year alone. You’ll see stacked ranges with leftover trim notes. Electronic / adaptive suspensions are usually called out as except—ignore that note and you’ll buy a passive strut for a MagneRide corner.
How a KYB application row works
Left to right, a typical U.S. application line is:
- Year range — printed as a stack. If your year sits inside the range, that SKU applies unless a note says otherwise.
- Position — Front Left / Front Right / Rear, or “Front (2)” when L/R share a number
- Product line / part number — Excel-G, Gas-a-just, Strut-Plus, etc., with the numeric KYB SKU
- Qty & notes — pieces per vehicle and exclusions (electronic suspension, AWD package, police package, etc.)
Line quick-reference we use in the bay:
- Excel-G — twin-tube OE-style replacement; the high-volume daily-driver line
- Gas-a-just — high-pressure monotube; firmer, often preferred on trucks / towing when catalogued
- Strut-Plus / ready assemblies — strut + mount + spring hardware as a corner unit when KYB offers the platform
When Excel-G and Gas-a-just both appear for the same corner, they’re different damping philosophies on the same vehicle—not two different vehicles. Pick the ride you want; don’t mix left Excel-G with right Gas-a-just unless you have a reason.
U.S. catalog vs Europe catalog — do not mix
We also host the KYB Europe shock & strut PDF on the Catalogs hub for Euro/Asia application lookups. That book uses different numbering and application logic. Do not copy a Europe SKU onto a U.S. year/make/model search (or the reverse). If the vehicle was sold in North America, start with the U.S. KYB catalog linked at the bottom of this page. Use the Europe PDF only when you’re actually chasing a European-market application.
Gabriel 2018 (related ride-control book)
Beside KYB on the Catalogs shelf we keep the Gabriel 2018 shocks & struts catalog (plus the Gabriel Heavy Duty book for RV / commercial). Gabriel is a sibling ride-control reference—useful for cross-checks and for fleets that standardize on Gabriel. See the deep guides: Gabriel Shocks and Struts (air shocks / load-assist) and Gabriel Heavy Duty. PDFs also remain on the Catalogs hub under Download full PDFs.
What we have (and have NOT) built yet
Honest status: we have not built KYB-specific HTML year pages yet the way we have for Moog chassis and Wagner Ram brakes. There is no /{year}-…-kyb-shocks/ grid to send you to today.
What you can do right now:
- Browse vehicle suspension year pages we did build from Moog under Mechanics’ Files (chassis parts; not KYB dampers)
- Use the year/make/model Amazon selector on the Catalogs hub to search KYB (or Gabriel) for your exact vehicle
- Download the U.S. KYB PDF below and read the application row with the grammar above
When we publish KYB year pages, they will live under Mechanics’ Files like the Moog and Wagner grids—not as a YMM dump inside this Catalogs guide.
Related catalogs
- Moog Chassis Master 2007–2018
- Moog Chassis Master 1991–2006
- Moog Chassis Master 1990 and older
- Wagner Brake Master 1995–2019
Buy KYB shocks and struts
Search KYB shocks and struts on Amazon
Prefer a vehicle-specific search? Use the year/make/model selector on the Catalogs hub (“Search Amazon for your year, make, and model”), or start from a vehicle page in Mechanics’ Files.
PDF archive (full book)
Need the raw KYB U.S. PDF for offline use or printing a sheet? Download the full KYB Shocks and Struts Catalog archive here:
Download KYB-Shocks-and-Struts-Catalog.pdf
Gabriel 2018 and the KYB Europe PDF remain on the Catalogs hub under Download full PDFs. We keep PDFs at the bottom on purpose—the guide above is how to use the book.
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