Irish TuneR

So what are peoples views on these. They came off a car that had them on it for probably 7/8 years in Ireland, it has low mileage due to the owners being a guy who didn't drive it much and the shop whose demo car it was. I presume it hasn't been crashed as there is corrosion on all 4 coilovers so its hardly had its entire lower arms changed and have no other damage that i can see under it. I cant see any spillage damage either. It has been used on track by the shop and once by the other owner and recently enough twice by me. Tbh if id known they were like this id have not used it!!

I've emailed Tein who are looking over the photos too. Tbh i wanted to sell these on and get coilovers that were more road and track friendly but it seems without a repair they can only be sold for parts and are just scrap. I haven't gotten the front two off yet but a quick look shows they are showing the exact same corrosion.

Has anyone else experienced this with long term ownership of Teins?

Make/Model


Rear right (the worst)





Rear left

MB

Just looks like a bit of corrosion under the surface of the coating. Unless there's metal loss, wire brush and repaint.

Tegiwa Imports

Its galvanic corrosion. They are now scrap.
It has stemmed from the bolt heads that have either been aftermarket or lost their zinc coating cutting into the coated aluminium.

WinFreak

What he said, dissimilar metals... what bolts were used?

Ultra_Nexus

Ring Tein and get some new forks.

Irish TuneR

Look like the standard bolts were used, maybe overtightened? Can the forks be easily swapped Ultra? I tried to unscrew them when i originally took them off by hand but didn't try any further. Waiting on an email back from Tein now.

MB

Actually that second last pic looks nasty.

I've heard of Teins corroding before but not seen any pics.

Wonder what grade material they are made from...

Chris_D

I've heard of teins doing this before aswell seems quite Common

Ultra_Nexus

Hmm, seems the construction of the RA is different to the monoflex

See what Tein say - they should be able to sort something for you.

Irish TuneR

Tein UK are waiting on a response from Japan on the issue now, they say Japan will only be able to repair them due to them never being sold in the UK and not having the right equipment to do it. I hate Mondays.