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Old May 25, 2003 | 04:44 PM
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Default Frozen Coilovers

I am about to put Coilover sleeves with Tokico HPs on my '97 Del Slow SI.

I decided to go with coilovers because I am going to need to adjust the rde height from summer-winter. Northern Va got hammered with snow this year, and I spend the summer in richmond at home when school is out.

I am wondering if theres any way to cover up the area of the coilovers that get dirty which results in them not being adjustable anymore. I was wondering if anyone knew how to fix this problem, i'm even about to ghetto-rig it and just duct tape those suckers up so dirt can't get to them. Bad idea? Hhaha I dont know, I need some feedback
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Old May 25, 2003 | 05:11 PM
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Default Re: Frozen Coilovers (elevatethis)

Or just clean the threads off once a month and spray 'em down with WD40... That's what I do... Then again I have GCs and they're basically impossible to get frozen like that.
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Old May 25, 2003 | 06:16 PM
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Default Re: Frozen Coilovers (SkyeC)

on my 4 wheeler i have shockware covers you could try those it will be like 40bucks for all 4 of them . i'll try and get a link for you
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Old May 25, 2003 | 08:20 PM
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Default Re: Frozen Coilovers (elevatethis)

my front left skunkwork coilover is frozen, all the others are still good. should i just soak it in wd40 before adjusting? i need to raise my car before putting on my lips, and i can't adjust the damn coilover.
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Old May 25, 2003 | 08:34 PM
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Default Re: Frozen Coilovers (SkyeC)

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by SkyeC &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Or just clean the threads off once a month and spray 'em down with WD40.</TD></TR></TABLE>

That's probably the best way, just mainaining them. You could try to cover them with something, but that could run the risk of trapping dirt/moisture underneath and making the problem worse.
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Old May 25, 2003 | 08:48 PM
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how about... hmm... coat the entire threaded sleeve with a layer of silicone.. then just peel it off when u wanna adjust.
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