Subject	I had similar rust spotting on my Powertrix coilovers after
Posted by	300NASeattle on March 15, 2011 at 2:01 PM
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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	six months (I am guessing) which I noticed because I was replacing the springs with Swift ones. It was not on the springs though - just the tube body. I had to have a friend hold the shock body while I used a hammer on the locking nut wrenches to unbond the aluminum locking rings. I tightened them when I installed them with normal force on the rings - a few foot pounds of torque. I figured it was more a galvanic reaction between the dissimilar metals than rust holding them together. Something I had not thought of when thinking about making on-car adjustments later. I removed any dirt and rust with a brass brush and coated the threads with PB Blaster to help prevent future rusting.
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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