coilover repair advice?! urgently needed please!!!

[Dan P]

hi all,
The set of coilovers are very cheap, but that is due to what the seller describes as "one of the fronts have a small hole in and the fluid has leaked out."   other than this, these coilovers are brand new in the box and i can only assume that they have got damp and one has corroded.

I was wondering id they would be cheap to repair or if i should just leave them and find some elsewhere. they are only cheap TA TECHNIX coilovers, but at triple the price the damaged ones are for a new set, they seem like a bargain.
if they are repirable, does any one know roughly how much it would cost (only the one front) ?
thanks in advance for any help given!

Dan Passco

[Dan P]

here are some pictures from the ad showing the damage  



(i do not own these picutes )

[bigfella2]

I can't really see fluid leaking out of that part of the shock, as fluid would not be stored there. If its the gold looking part that is leaking. Personally I would leave alone.

[colnerov]

Hi, after a little research there are two possibilities for that deposit which is called "white rust". When something is Galvanized precautions have to be taken to keep water away from it until the Oxygen in the air Oxidise the surface to seal it. The other possibility is that it has lain in something Alkaline. You could deal with it as you would bare metal, clean, prime and paint.

Colin

[taurus]

To be honest they're cheap and nasty to begin with so I'd leave well alone.

But if you need them for a reason then so long as they're cheap enough to throw away if they are leaking fluid then go for it. It's possible the seller is clueless and has confused a bit of minor corrosion for fluid leakage.

[Dan P]

May 24, 2014 17:48:23 GMT taurus said:

To be honest they're cheap and nasty to begin with so I'd leave well alone.

But if you need them for a reason then so long as they're cheap enough to throw away if they are leaking fluid then go for it. It's possible the seller is clueless and has confused a bit of minor corrosion for fluid leakage.

Thats what I'm hoping for to be honest! they've never even been put on a car so it makes sence that it is only some light corrrosion. plus, they're cheap enough to be worth the risk

thanks for the help and advice everyone!