what do you guys do to prevent your coilovers from rusting
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what do you guys do to prevent your coilovers from rusting
i know there is a big case...especially with tein's and their coilovers from rusting. their new basics and flex's are teflon coated to prevent that. but i am looking to get the ss which isn't. what do you guys do to prevent rusting. do you guys jack up your car and clean the coilovers or what? thanks in advance 
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Re: what do you guys do to prevent your coilovers from rusting (ek_jeremy)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by ek_jeremy »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">i know there is a big case...especially with tein's and their coilovers from rusting. their new basics and flex's are teflon coated to prevent that. but i am looking to get the ss which isn't. what do you guys do to prevent rusting. do you guys jack up your car and clean the coilovers or what? thanks in advance </TD></TR></TABLE>
never cleaned em.....
buy quality stuff not ebay if you don't want it rusting!
</TD></TR></TABLE>never cleaned em.....
buy quality stuff not ebay if you don't want it rusting!
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Re: what do you guys do to prevent your coilovers from rusting (chad)
well i was looking in tein ss and they are not teflon coated. but they are not ebay quality, but they do rust eventually.
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Re: what do you guys do to prevent your coilovers from rusting (shortys_ek)
Spray it down everytime you drive in snow/sludge/ice/sand etc...
P.S. I've had my coilovers for over 3 years and I have never cleaned them. No rust so far, didn't get them on ebay but you can....VIS SpecII/Tokico Blues.
P.S. I've had my coilovers for over 3 years and I have never cleaned them. No rust so far, didn't get them on ebay but you can....VIS SpecII/Tokico Blues.
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Re: what do you guys do to prevent your coilovers from rusting (shortys_ek)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by shortys_ek »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">spray tons of wd-40 on it...</TD></TR></TABLE>
only thing you can do... I thought HA's were the only teins that rust...
only thing you can do... I thought HA's were the only teins that rust...
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