Front Strut Top Cup - Holds Water - Fix It.

[mcanderson0]

If you’ve pulled your cowl off and looked at the cup at the top of your front struts, you may have noticed it holds water. This is even worse if you have aftermarket coilovers bc your damping adjustment screw is all rusty. Or when you swap coilovers, the top nut is all rusted to the shaft. That sucks.



Evanscoatings(dot)com. Type II coating called B-52. Heat it on a hotplate to 350degF, use masking tape to create a form to prevent the liquid plastic from leaking everywhere, and pour the melted coating into the form. Remove the tape after about an hour.



Bam, now you have a water-resistant removable plastic plug that repels water from your upper strut cup.

 

[streamylc]

Too cool.... I was shocked to remove mine and find this out..... straight up design flaw IMO on the driver's side.... I was barely able to even get my strut off..... (wish I would've gotten a photo).... it was rusted worse than half the bolts on a '57 chevy (unrestored) pickup I used to have.... pitted beyond recognition and threads crumbling off lol.

 

[JTee2017]

Or. . mask and spray with multiple coats of Plasti-dip. . .

 

[Gsf1200m]

I replaced my struts a few weeks ago. The driver's side was terrible and took forever to get off. The passenger side was perfect and came right off. I like the coating idea.

 

[efaily]

Same issue with my kids '14 RS hatches when I installed ZZP springs. Passenger side was perfect, drivers side was rusted and made removal tricky and slow so as not the strip the top of the strut rod. I think it's the design of the wipers that causes the difference between drivers and passengers sides.