Cleaning Shocks/Suspension Components

Alright guys - what do you use?

Not taking the springs out of the coilovers, BTW.

 

Why not wash them with soap?

 

Coin-op car wash, then wipe the exposed bits with a towel.

 

Same that you wash the rest of your Tacoma with.
Why make something more complex than it needs to be?

 

I wash mine with a separate mitt than the rest of my truck, and usually after I wash the whole truck as to not taint the water before I wash the rest of the truck. But otherwise its the same process as washing my wheels. After washing I spray them with fluid film.

 

yall wash your suspensions?

 

I live in MN, so if I dont wash them regularly, then they turn to powder pretty fast with all the salt.

 

Only the parts you can see. I also clean the inside of my wheels (when I do my rotation).

 

same. brake dust will stain the hell out of some wheels

 

Some people notice little things like that. I like looking at clean (nice) vehicles. And I always look to see how much detail they clean. I don't clean that much detail every time. Depends on how much time I got to spend on cleaning.