New H&R springs. To remove or not to remove plastic covering????
01-30-2009, 06:33 AM
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where do you live...
Do you live and drive somewhere where there is a lot of salt/sand? Do you live in a dryer climate?
Personally I would take them off because where I live they salt and sand the roads and all that **** gets up in my suspension all winter long.
If you lived in say Nevada or california then you could leave them on and not worry as much.
It could jut be moisture that gets trapped in between the plastic and the spring that causes the rot but I dunno. I know that I have plastic still on mine and I plan to get new springs in the future and take the plastic off.
Personally I would take them off because where I live they salt and sand the roads and all that **** gets up in my suspension all winter long.
If you lived in say Nevada or california then you could leave them on and not worry as much.
It could jut be moisture that gets trapped in between the plastic and the spring that causes the rot but I dunno. I know that I have plastic still on mine and I plan to get new springs in the future and take the plastic off.
01-30-2009, 06:45 AM
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Sell them to someone else, and buy different springs...
Seriously, a bit of surface rust shouldn't cause a spring to fail. I've pulled springs out of dozens of cars that were solid rust but never failed.
I think the whole "pull the covers and you'll be OK" is just wishful thinking. The ones that broke on my car were rustier where the covers weren't than where they broke, so blaming the failure on rust "caused" by the covers (which are intended to keep the springs from squeaking when the coils rub) doesn't track.
Maybe at some point H&R will figure out what they're doing wrong and fix the manufacturing process, but they have been failing like clockwork for at least 7-8 years now so I'm not holding my breath.
I think the whole "pull the covers and you'll be OK" is just wishful thinking. The ones that broke on my car were rustier where the covers weren't than where they broke, so blaming the failure on rust "caused" by the covers (which are intended to keep the springs from squeaking when the coils rub) doesn't track.
Maybe at some point H&R will figure out what they're doing wrong and fix the manufacturing process, but they have been failing like clockwork for at least 7-8 years now so I'm not holding my breath.
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01-30-2009, 07:57 AM
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I keep seeing post about this
leave the plastic . oil spray the springs and be done..
I have had my springs for 3 years and with canada winters and I do oil spraying myself and they dont have 1 spot of rust on them.
ps when I say oil spray I dont mean spray can cheap stuff..
as to the member who said use wax..
well 1 drive with salt on the roads it will be all removed forsure.
I have had my springs for 3 years and with canada winters and I do oil spraying myself and they dont have 1 spot of rust on them.
ps when I say oil spray I dont mean spray can cheap stuff..
as to the member who said use wax..
well 1 drive with salt on the roads it will be all removed forsure.
01-30-2009, 09:48 AM
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Don't remove! If you remove them, the springs will rattle and your car will sound like mine did...
...awful. I spent months taking my car back to the mechanic and having him examine the loose rattling suspension, only to finally discover the problems were because of the covering being removed. I had H&R ship me new sleeves and my mechanic replaced them. Problem fixed.