Coilover Winter Protection

Just getting ready to put some new Fox 2.5's on the truck and was wondering if anyone had an opinion on the best product to use for keeping corrosion in check during the winter months here. Mavcoat and Cosmoline seem to be mentioned the most but have no experiance with either. Was thinking now would be the easiest time to get a good coat of something on them before install. Thanks

https://www.cosmolinedirect.com/cosmoline-rp-342-heavy-spray-military-grade-rust-preventive/

https://www.mavcoatsteelshield.com/collections/frontpage/products/mavcoat-steel-shield

 

Not sure this is helpful as I know from experience what happens if you don't coat and its not pretty (bilstiens, I took the aluminum body to mean aluminum, it might have alum but clearly has tons of steel).

My bilstien sticker area however is clean and bright. So either install some sorta sticker (clear) or clearcoat?

Good luck, But absolutely treat the bodies with something or they will look terrible. I'm up in southern maine so salt is clearly a problem in my area.

 

Cosmoline is used to preserve old firearms during extended storage. It's good stuff. I bought a Mosin Nagant rifle years ago. I picked it up and it was still sealed in the bag; covered in wet cosmoline. They offered to send it to a gunsmith to clean it, but I thought I would do it myself. It was a nightmare removing it all, but it was CLEAN of rust. I remember someone here did end up using cosmoline as undercoating. His thought was that it's so difficult to remove that it would stay on the undercarriage, unlike other options on the market that need to be reapplied every year and possibly touched up during the season. The downside to this is that servicing anything under there will be more difficult because you will have to remove the cosmoline. When exposed to air, it turns hard and waxy. It would take a bit of scraping to get it all off. In that hard and waxy state, it may interfere with the spring perch threads.

Mavcoat is good. I've used it on coilovers on a Subaru that I used to drive in the snow. It did the job well.

 

Good info...thank you sir. Sounds like Mavcoat is the route I will go.

 

I always wondered about using clear bra on the shock body.

 

ToyTec sells these, covers the coils........

 

How many cans of mavcoat for a set of coilovers?

 

IDK how much it would be for a Tundra. I bought 4 cans for my Subaru and had almost a full can left over. Those suspension components are small compared to the Tundra though. Also, I was using it quite sparingly.

 

i use wool wax works great. i cover everything with it

 

I’m in the same boat here in Indiana. About to install my King’s when the rear shocks arrive and I am looking to go the Fluid Film route. It’s been mentioned in the forum before and, when applying anything to suspension parts I figure lubricate and protect is a good route to take. I’ve also heard of some guys putting a ceramic coating on them. Not sure how that would impact performance though.

 

I used woolwax. Used it last year befor winter an in most areas it's still hanging on even 10 months later. It's thicker then fluid film an doesn't stink. Bought a kit that has a specific built spray gun for undercoating, hooks up to my compressor. Cover the whole bottom side an in doors ect in a hours time..touch up areas as needed.

I will note that due to the sticky nature it does attract a lot of dirt ect . Only downside . I cleaned it off my coilovers for the summer months, so it didn't look like sh&t..

 

all of this is what i did as well. i buy in 5 gal pails and do all my family's vehicles friends etc woolwax is def better then FF

 

I use fluidfilm and it worked great on my stock black shocks. I plan on applying it to my new coilovers this winter too. Though those toytec shock covers look like good protection too. I may consider that as well. They use TONS of road salt where im from.

 

I just got 2 cans of fluid film today from Amazon. Just gotta find time to actually put it on

 

I've had good luck with Amsoil MP HD in northern Minnesota, it does not leave a sticky residue and can be removed if needed. https://www.amsoil.com/p/heavy-duty-metal-protector-amhsc/