Subject	Coming form someone that has the undercarriage of his Z
Posted by	Cap927(Boston) on March 15, 2011 at 9:48 AM
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In Reply To	SPL Coilover/suspension rusting terribly, less than 1000mi! posted by Jkova300z on March 14, 2011 at 06:34 PM
Message	as clean as the engine bay I hate to raise the BS flag on your "I cleaned them quite often too" statement because I admit.. I'm not your average car owner, but there is no way in the world you're a going to get that much rust in such short period of time if you clean it as much as you say you do. Not even my DD Xterra has that much rust and at times I go 2 snow storms with out an undercarriage wash, I live in New England and walking distance to the ocean, it can't really get much worst than that. I would've contacted SPL since this is their product first before posting on this forum and if you didn't like their answer than your post would've been justified. Oh and in the future, try using some WD40 and rags after a good undercarriage wash, it helps greatly. Old trick used on wave runners after every use in salt water. Free Role Playing Car Game No drug, not even alcohol, causes the fundamental ills of society. If we're looking for the source of our troubles, we shouldn't test people for drugs, we should test them for stupidity, ignorance, greed and love of power.
Follow Ups	SPL Coilover/suspension rusting terribly, less than 1000mi! - Jkova300z 18:34:16 03/14/11 LINK to Pics - Jkova300z 18:36:13 03/14/11 yikes. pretty bad (n/m) - XTZ 18:43:48 03/14/11 hi, salt........ derrrrr (n/m) - Halo TTZ 19:51:13 03/14/11 Insufficient grounding/electrolysis issues can cause - KongZTT GT28RS MD 20:32:19 03/14/11 You have snow tires on the car and don't drive in the salt? (n/m) - Joe@ZSpeed (Spddracer) 21:32:08 03/14/11 i was wondering why they looked weird. (n/m) - Halo TTZ 21:45:21 03/14/11 Same thing I was thinking (n/m) - Drk93TT 22:24:23 03/14/11 Yikes, that's pretty severe. - jschrauwen 19:48:06 03/15/11 Those pics are rather disconcerting. I would contact SPL - Gold Z 18:40:59 03/14/11 come on now... - dpjax 18:50:29 03/14/11 Rude and unrelated to his issue. - XTZ 19:00:12 03/14/11 Because these are less than a year old, not 20 yrs like - Jkova300z 19:02:19 03/14/11 Something doesn't seem right. Your brake line, camber arms - PiotrC70 18:50:36 03/14/11 ^ To answer above posts, I don't intend this to be bad - Jkova300z 18:56:11 03/14/11 HERE are the ORIGINAL springs/ struts: - Jkova300z 19:01:03 03/14/11 ALSO, the car did sit on a grassy area for a winter PRIOR - Jkova300z 19:06:46 03/14/11 When did you install them Month /Year? (n/m) - njz 19:16:10 03/14/11 In the spring of 2010, after putting the fresh rebuild in. - Jkova300z 19:20:51 03/14/11 Re: In the spring of 2010, after putting the fresh rebuild in. - njz 19:38:12 03/14/11 Mine sat outside for one month, otherwise always garaged (n/m) - LJZTT 20:00:35 03/14/11 2nd something looks weird - RVBlackZ 21:46:32 03/14/11 Getting my tracers refinished, so its sitting on stockers - Jkova300z 22:30:00 03/14/11 Re: 2nd something looks weird - chris374 03:21:16 03/15/11 Where are you upper arms from? - twin3037 19:20:19 03/14/11 Yea those are powertrix I think. Those aren't nearly as bad. - Jkova300z 19:22:32 03/14/11 Well still a lot of rust for 1 year. - twin3037 19:27:11 03/14/11 Like I said, maybe 1000mi on them, not in poor conditions. - Jkova300z 19:32:51 03/14/11 Not the first reported case of suspension issues. - jschrauwen 20:06:47 03/15/11 That's being deceptive - kuah@splparts.com 15:40:33 03/17/11 I would have contacted SPL before posting - aliaZ 19:37:32 03/14/11 Here are my Tein Flex after 7 Years - njz 19:50:48 03/14/11 maybe take a pic from the side where we dont have to imagine - LJZTT 19:53:04 03/14/11 Now your going to make me put the Z on the lift - njz 19:59:32 03/14/11 Here you go - njz 20:48:18 03/14/11 looks pretty clean (n/m) - aliaZ 20:53:53 03/14/11 yep, but looking at the phots I need to do some - njz 20:57:14 03/14/11 well if its purely cosmetic and they will still adjust, then - LJZTT 19:56:33 03/14/11 Jkova1@hotmail.com - aliaZ 20:26:32 03/14/11 rhetorical questions dont typically require telepathy (n/m) - LJZTT 20:31:01 03/14/11 lol (n/m) - whip 22:04:17 03/14/11 2nd (n/m) - aliaZ 08:17:08 03/15/11 lol (n/m) - KongZTT GT28RS MD 16:24:14 03/15/11 Bingo, posting here does nothing without contacting them - BigTDogg (MA) 20:18:43 03/14/11 No doubt about it, those ARE snow tires.... - Multi_Read (MO) 21:08:00 03/14/11 Then what the hell is he crying about? You can't drive - BigTDogg (MA) 07:46:08 03/15/11 Too logical. That is not the tt.net method. (n/m) - evan_aggie 20:44:40 03/14/11 yep..... - LJZTT 19:51:32 03/14/11 Looks normal for plated steel shock bodies. - ZiNnYc 20:20:25 03/14/11 lol (n/m) - collegeboy 01:24:25 03/15/11 I realized this after I noticed rust, I'm surprised there - Jkova300z 22:35:18 03/14/11 POSSIBLE OPTION? Dissasemble and re-coat with THIS: - Jkova300z 22:44:19 03/14/11 Don't apply any kind of paint or coating to the threads - black300zx 23:03:42 03/14/11 Yea I won't put paint on, but it appears that these already - Jkova300z 23:08:25 03/14/11 Why not? They aren't like bolt threads.. - KongZTT GT28RS MD 15:56:09 03/15/11 That's unacceptable in any conditions (n/m) - collegeboy 01:25:21 03/15/11 what have you been "cleaning" them with? - JRFITZ 08:23:31 03/15/11 Coming form someone that has the undercarriage of his Z - Cap927(Boston) 09:48:21 03/15/11 should he have to clean them tho? (n/m) - Atl300zxTT 10:34:53 03/15/11 if the car sees salted roads as it seems, an undercarriage - Cap927(Boston) 10:52:40 03/15/11 Should have gone with powertrix...... (n/m) - TTNIckdizzle 10:37:15 03/15/11 False. PTRIX Coilovers are also made by KTS (n/m) - Bernie (NoVA) 12:12:01 03/15/11 Bingo, again ANY steel component will eventually rust - BigTDogg (MA) 12:33:13 03/15/11 thought Powertrix was made by HSD (n/m) - ali300zx 12:35:33 03/15/11 They are. - ZiNnYc 13:30:48 03/15/11 Same difference. (n/m) - Bernie (NoVA) 16:10:01 03/15/11 Now I'm worried...I'm going to check mine later. (n/m) - TheTwinZ (Peru) 10:42:12 03/15/11 Why do you have winter tires if your car "doesn't see poor - Inzane 12:25:45 03/15/11 I had similar rust spotting on my Powertrix coilovers after - 300NASeattle 14:01:25 03/15/11 To again answer above posts so we stop with non pertinent - Jkova300z 18:45:34 03/15/11 Now that I think about it - collegeboy 19:54:02 03/15/11
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