SiR-Racer

Hey, this is just a warning to anyone thinking about buying coilovers...DONT. Mine just seized up so they cant be adjusted anymore...so much for the whole point of having coilovers! It's just not worth it in Canada, too much salt causes the threads to rust and get clogged. These arent the cheapy ones either (Neuspeed/Bilstein combo).

Anyway, I'm still trying to figure out if i should pay the shop $200-$250 to take the whole thing off and clean it. Does this sound like a reasonable price to you guys to fix seized coilovers??

BB1_EG6

ANTI SEIZE from Crappy tire.. always put this on your coilover it works wonders.....

laters,

JDM 4 rife

Jugglez

Would that be general purpose anti-seize, or a special kind?

90EFHB

crap.... never thought about that with the salt and all....maybe just getting the eibachs or H&Rs is the best bet

imported_94EG6HB

For that price you could almost buy a new pair of springs....

I don't think its worth the hassle...

Finding and acceptable ride height is the pain....

90EFHB

That's what makes the OE sports from H&R so nice.....firmer ride with a minor drop in ride height......approx only an inch
But if you want it slammed they can do that too....

SiR-Racer

heard that anti seize can make things even worse because they are sticky and attracts even more dirt onto the threads?

PULOVR

The anti-seize will keep the treads from corroding......all you have to do to take off the dirt is power wash it.......$2 for powerwash, $5 for anti-seize = no headache later.

By the way, you can also spray silicone sray or WD-40 (both repell water) druring the winter months......Also helps it from seizing, but you have to do it often.

SiR-Racer

ah ****, why wasnt i informed of this earlier

i think it's too late for my coilovers now. unless i want to spend $200 on cleaning them...

imported_94EG6HB

Naww...

Buy something new....

Waste if you ask me...

Then you could try and fix em your self...

and resell on the boards....

make some money back...

redfox

It depends on what type of locking mechanism you have on your coilovers. If you have the dual ring locking setup, then yes they are prone to seizing. If you have the ground control style single ring kocking setup then it won't. Mine's never seized on me and I've had it for over 2 1/2 years and my car is driving all year round.

SiR-Racer

yeah i have the double locking type.

redfox

Try heating up one one of the rings and not the other using a blow torch (pretty hard I know). That would cause one of the rings to expand and not the other, and then spray water onto it. The sudden expansion and contraction will cause some movement and hopefully losen the two locking rings. BTW: Don't heat it too much, you might warp it.