Scratches on coils

Hello, I was wondering if your coils get scratched when a shop puts it on?! I had bilsteins with toytec coils. I didn't know if they get scratched while the compress them? Any advice would help

 

Oh boy if your that worried do it yourself! If anything its just a little scratch

 

Yes it can happen

 

Don't take your truck out of the garage OP. It might get rained on.

 

My Truck is a complete Pavement Princess and I wouldn't give a Rat's Ass if the coils got scratched putting them in or any other way.

 

They get scratched up man no biggie

 

I scratched mine installing them. Then I scratched them again when I needed to replace the strut mounts. It's a truck.

 

Da Judge says fagedaboudit.

Save your fretting for something important. You know, like something that can fret over you.

Case dismissed.

 

Maybe the OP was just trying to figure out if new coils would be scratched up after install thinking the shop might’ve put on used coils and stolen his new ones.

 

If they are a nice color powder coated coil, they will try to be careful but when working with suspension stuff happens. Spring compressors tend to slip sometimes. I wouldn't worry too much about it...

 

Have you ever compressed a coil? That's some scary chit man. In the back of their heads they may be thinking, DON'T SCRATCH THAT COIL. But most of the time they are wondering how old their equipment is, how cheap was the guy that installed it, was it the most affordable model, and how far away can I stand away from this claymore if it does decide to release. I never try to scratch customer's coils. But if it happens....i don't lose any sleep.

 

That all depends on the scratch! If it is a slight cosmetic scratch that affected the finish of the spring, no big deal.
If however it is the mother of all scratches and has gouged the steel surface significantly I would be concerned that it would cause a fatigue failure point, specially if used extensively off road.

 

OP -- are you feeling like a punching bag after these responses?

 

Thanks for all the advice guys! I know it's a truck but I wanted to make sure!

 

When I compress coils sometimes they try to snake out of the spring compressor. Clamping a pair of vice grips on the spring wedges against the compressor clamp helps. Don't change your oil OP you might scratch the drain plug.

 

You shoul definitely get some touch up paint. Try googling it.