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Old 01-17-2003, 02:17 PM
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Default What do you use to protect coilover threads from salt, etc.

Do you just coat them with lithium grease or is there something better?
Old 01-17-2003, 02:23 PM
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Default on a steel or aluminum damper, I'd use a lithium or silicon based grease...

...if the dampers are cadmium plated, I wouldn't worry about them at all.
Old 01-17-2003, 02:26 PM
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Default So far, nothing...

you have the cad plated shocks, so they won't rot off anytime soon (I hope). I'm going to go fishing for a spray on lubricant in a can. Lithium grease is messy and attracts dirt, so I'll probably knock that off the list. I've used griot's anti-sieze paste in the past with good success. It's a ceramic based paste that not messy like most others. It doesn't attract and mix with dirt either. I used them on my H&R coilovers, and after 17K miles (through one mild winter), the threads looked perfect!! Note: Those coilovers sat on the floor for one month before I installed them, and the threads began oxidizing in that time, so the anti-sieze did help a lot. The only problem with this stuff is that they sell it to you in a small bottle with a brush attached to the cap. brushing this stuff on the coilovers after they are installed on the car is a royal PITA (hence my desire to find something I can spray on the threads).

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Default how about teflon tape?

just a thought...

shrink wrap?
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Default Thanks guys, I'll just let them be for now.

Just that the thought of my new Stasis co's getting sprayed with salt this morning made me cringe.
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Default I used a teflon grease

I'll find out in the spring if that was a good idea
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