Doldy
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Registered: 13th Mar 08
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I went out this morning to find a rather large puddle of oil under the rear passenger side of my car-
My KW rear damper on my fiesta zs had been leaking, its never done it before and i havent had them that long (3 weeks). I bought them 2nd Hand and the bloke had them on a 2008 fiesta so know he hadnt them long either...
KW wont answer their phone, and im a little worried about driving with probably no oil in the shock...
Can they be fixed / re-sealed or whatever? Should i be worried to drive the car as is?
I was looking for reasons for leakages and one of them was if the shock piston had been hend in a vice.. now i hadnt done this as i had an air gun to wiz the nut off but the previous owner could of?...
Thanks!
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Doldy
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Anyone know? 
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barneykarl
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I think it may cost about the same to have it repaired if possible as the cost of a new unit, why not replace both with some gas units.
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Doldy
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Dude these coilovers cost nearly £800 lol, theyre KW Varients INOX ones. I have my fingers crossed they can be repaired and wont cost too much...
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barneykarl
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Oh I see, thats a lot of dosh you could try k-tech for repair if you get no joy from kw.
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Doldy
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Why do k-tech do repairs commonly or someting dude?
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barneykarl
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They mostly do bike stuff but sure they can do any sort of gas or oil shock/damper I do not know any car specific repair places for car suspension but look them up I,m sure they could help.
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davieslim
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Registered: 15th Sep 08
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contact the company, avo where just over £30 per unit to reseal
davie
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Doldy
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Thanks Dave, been trying to get in contact with KW which is proving very hard to do as i keep getting through to agents who have no other numbers.
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davieslim
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i just went on avo's site at the time and just emailed them for the prices and that was me
http://www.kw-suspension.co.uk/
davie
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Doldy
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Yep i have sent them an email and they now want me to fax some details over,... Cheers
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