Ant
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go out remove front wheels
clean salt and road shoot from them
apply copper ease to threads
lower and raise platfroms
tape up threads with racing tape
paint shock body and mounting with clear lacker
*may be a good idea to wait untill it is morning
If you dont they may fall off!!! checked mine today they didnt look good and that was after only 2000 miles, so took above action 
or do what some have done bin them and buy something else, billys anyone?
[Edited on 16-01-2006 by aritchie]
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L33 LEG
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i hear a lot of problems with these highsports
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Ant
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quote:
Originally posted by L33 LEG
i hear a lot of problems with these highsports
I actuall like the way they perform they just arnt designed for day to day use though in IMHO
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Fad
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quote:
Originally posted by aritchie
go out remove front wheels
clean salt and road shoot from them
apply copper ease to threads
lower and raise platfroms
tape up threads with racing tape
paint shock body and mounting with clear lacker
*may be a good idea to wait untill it is morning
If you dont they may fall off!!! checked mine today they didnt look good and that was after only 2000 miles, so took above action
or do what some have done bin them and buy something else, billys anyone?
[Edited on 16-01-2006 by aritchie]
I looked at a second hand pair which had done 2K miles and they wer fucked beyound belief....
Most coilovers get like this anyways 
The above advice is sound as a pound
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VegasPhil
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Mine are coated in a thick layer of JCB Grease 
Will inspect them soon though.
Corsa 2.0 16v Vegas - Sold
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loo_goblin
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i was clever and bought the silverline versions, stainless steel, so should deteriate slower than the normal highsports
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Filby1
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These look nice Just got the pics Back from Cobra
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ed
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FK's aren't meant for road use so what do you expect
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mwg
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quote:
Originally posted by Filby1
These look nice Just got the pics Back from Cobra
I've got Cobra suspension, not coilovers though. Top quality bit of kit IMO
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Filby1
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Bet these go the same way as the fk`s do they dont look stainless.
ed: is there any coilovers are made for road use?
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ed
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The FK Silverlines may last a bit longer as they are stainless steel with anodized aluminium. But even then the aluminium could corrode which would be a bugger.
Those Cobras look like they are electroplated which is no good...
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Filby1
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Thought so look Galvanised, i see il stick with the original Koni Yellow plan
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stuyw
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the pasenger side coilover on mine leaked so much that when we took it off, u could push the strut rod down to the bottom 
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ed
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quote:
Originally posted by Filby1
Thought so look Galvanised, i see il stick with the original Koni Yellow plan
Don't think they are galvanized. If they were then they would be the best on the market for anti corrosion because of the type of protection you get from Zinc coating. But I wont bore with that 
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Filby1
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Please do mate. Is galvanising one of the better coating
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Ojc
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Why not just take your car off the road over winter 
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mwg
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Just the small matter of having to buy another car and insure it
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mattyross
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prevention is easier than the cure..
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ed
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quote:
Originally posted by Filby1
Please do mate. Is galvanising one of the better coating
For things that are going to be in contact with salt especially Galvanizing is great. Basically, Zinc which is used in Galvanizing is more reactive than steel, however it is non ferrous (no Iron) so it doesn't rust. So absically, if you coated a piece of steel in Zinc you would get protection from rust like you would get if you painted it as you are putting a barrier up. But, the interesting thing about galvanizing is the sacraficial protection you get too. As I said Zinc is more reactive than steel, so, if you got a chip in the galvanizing coat and some steel was exposed, the steel wouldn't immediately rust as the zinc would react instead. After a time all of the Zinc would degrade and the steel would rust, but that would take a bloody long time!
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loo_goblin
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that really turned me on ed
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jamesw
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my are just covered in copper grease, mine were fine but saying that dont tend to take the car out in bad weather
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Icy
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does anyone use the spray can that come wit the fk's? or konigsportds
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vibrio
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Zinc protects the iron by cathodic protection, since it is higher on the electrochemical scale than iron and will sacrifice itself to protect the iron, reducing it to the metal and eliminating rust
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ed
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Vibrio, you are a real scientist
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ed
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In theory you could actually stick a few hefty sized blocks of zinc onto your coilover struts to protect them... It's what they do to ship hulls to prevent them from rusting.
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