Fox 2.5 on my 2017

I installed my Fox 2.5 coilovers one year ago and had just one trip - around 400 km on salt sprayed highway last winter. When I looked at them recently I couldn’t believe how corroded they were.

I hope that doesn’t affect performance of these coilovers and just wanted to share that with everyone. I had Billsteins 5100 before these and they were perfect for 6 years functionally and appearance wise.
So if anyone knows some kind of protective spray or something to stop this corrosion that would be great.
Also a tip of the day. Actually the reason I took this one out was my eyelet bushings/ seal rings were pushed out and I had to replace them. So when you guys are adjusting preload on them you need to make sure that orientation of the bottom eyelet is perfectly square in relation to the LCA. I hope it makes sense- whoever done this will understand. Here’s the picture

 

Yeah it doesn’t help that the OEM bolts have a step/drop to it (not straight). Not sure why they did that but it makes it hard to keep those bushings aligned properly. My fox shocks are like that too on my 4Runner. Hasn’t effected performance, just the ugly looks.

 

I know really what they do is to keep dirt off. I was hoping that they will get square on their own when spring starts compressing. I was wrong

 

Lol.

 

That's a prime example of why I went with aluminum bodied shocks.

Ones new ones been through 2 winters

 

6 years and counting. I'll drop the $180 for a new set of bodies + o-rings this fall and I'm sure the shocks will probably outlive this truck haha.

 

They might be fine functionally but hop damn that's fugly.

 

That’s something. I don’t think I would rebuild those. Like seriously how much do you save? Fox coilovers are not expensive

 

Those look like brand new. What region you’re in? Do they use salt or whatever to melt ice on the roads in winter? Cause mine are also aluminum.

 

Yep, out here in alberta we get the trifecta of road treatments. Salt, gravel and they were trying some beet brine? For awhile.

 

$2300 for new foxs

<$220 to swap the rusted part.

 

Good ol' salt country. Really not bad though.

 

Boeshield.

Damn! Never realized those shock bodies are steel and not aluminum.

 

Yep. The new orange version are aluminum. But there's pros and cons to each line

 

I guess that makes sense. What about all rusted connectors and external reservoirs?

 

Impressive what can I say. How are the Elkas? Do you like them? Have you tried anything else?

 

Connectors are cosmetic. Just surface rust. The reservoirs are aluminum and completely fine.

 

Your average costs for just the coilovers to be serviced is $30-50 (per side)for a rebuild kit that needs to be done 30-50k depending on how you use the shock. Also, the

$21 Com10 Aurora Bearing Spherical Bearing, COM Series, 0.625 in ID, 1.187 in OD, 0.625 in Thick, Steel, Each

Com10 bearings plus C clips for the shock eye (lca) are about $45 all together for the set. Depending on where you live, probably would consider new springs as they rust out pretty quick too. That's typically $100/side+. Oil for the rebuild is $50-80 / gal depending on what you get.

On the light side you're looking at $350+ just to service most big name coilovers.

So dropping $200 on the only rusty bits really isn't that much after 6 years. Lol. Just comes with the territory of having truck parts on a truck that does truck things.

 

Just to follow up. Slapped together until the parts come in. But a little TLC always makes things better. Just average truck maintenance in a salt state.

Edit: don't forget to spray the heck out of the threads once they're brushed and the coating is gone.