Coilovers during the Winter?
 

Well, I'm still trying to figure out what I'm going to do with my suspension. Money is tight right now, but I want to do as much research as possible, so hopefully I can get this done in a month or so.

How many of you guys on here are running coilovers all year long? I'm concerned about the possible damage that might occur from our glorious Canadian winters and the salt on the ground that ensues. The last thing I want to deal with is coilovers seizing up on me.

Would spraying the coils when I get the car rust proofed be enough to protect them against corrosion for the winter, or should I be washing and spraying them throughout the season?

Thanks!

^ thats a start

some coilovers, namely the ones that come from japan (tein ha for example) aren't coated with zinc, so their bodies can rust to ----.

what did you do with your old struts? if you still have them, slap them back on.

What I've heard of people doing, is packing the threads with a s#!t load of grease for the salt to catch onto. Either during the winter, or in the Spring, clean off all of the grease and the threads shouldn't be packed with salt. That was the mistake I made. I only lightly greased them up and they ended up seizing on me. I had the Zeal B6's and the body didn't rust out though. They probably weren't coated with zinc.

Hope this helps.

The one's I'm looking at right now are the Omni's. I'm not too sure about the coating on them.

I'll be holding onto my stock shocks/springs, but it would kinda defeat the purpose of getting coilovers if I was just going to swap them out for the winter anyways...

i just powerwash mine every time i raise or lower my car.. never had a problem

same here mine are a little stuck next season but dont rust

Get some of the krown rust proofing spray. Then one day before winter comes, clean all the threads of the coilover sleeve of all debris. Then spray the rust proofing ---- all over it.


Then once or twice a week when you wash your car, make sure to go around to each side and spray the coilover sleeves, this will keep it from rusting and next season you'll have no problem.