18 months since fitting. NY State location. Not a particularly heavy two winters worth of salt on the roads.

I can believe the springs, but the shocks? They just sit there and have to not let the paint go rusty.

Am I expecting too much from spending $500?

 

Join the club.

 

I become happier and happier with my $150 lift every day.

 

If I had known I'd have plasti dipped the springs. That should deform with the spring moving just fine.

Grr.

 

I have had bilstiens, and TF rust up in 1 winter, same with the RTE springs.

I don't think the make things like the used to

 

yup.....join the club with the rusty TF parts......the paint on mine didn't last a year.....I'm sure the constant salting on the roads here in NY didnt help, but still...

 

The paint on the springs has chipped off in a spiral fashion, because of the stress of compressing. So it just wasn't up the job, i.e. Not flexible enough paint.

I'm not blaming the salt for that.

So I guess, I couldn't have plasti dipped them, the factory paint would have still chipped and brought it all off.

Double grr.

 

I replaced my standards with TF and Swedish made springs but no signs of rust .............. yet.

The original OEM shocks looked like new when I removed them after 12 years and wiped them clean, not a speck of rust on them

1974 Triumph T-100R Daytona .................. nice bike eh

I had a new 1960 pre-unit Bonneville, my first 'big bike' back then. Light and dark blue tank paint scheme.

 

I've had Old Man Emu stuff look just as bad after about two years as well.

 

I had a set, TF, on a truck here in so cal, no salt on roads and never went in snow. They looked like that after 2 years.

Have a set of OME and the finish is still good after a year and a half.