King Coilover Maintenance

SFNick · Apr 11, 2015

Good Morning Wayalifers! I was able to buy a set of used EVO spec rear King Coilovers today!! but the shock body looks to be a little rusted where the slider comes in contact with the shock. Do y'all have any good tips to get rid of the rust & keep them maintained? Thanks for the help!

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crippledpetey · Apr 11, 2015

SFNick said:
Good Morning Wayalifers! I was able to buy a set of used EVO spec rear King Coilovers today!! but the shock body looks to be a little rusted where the slider comes in contact with the shock. Do y'all have any good tips to get rid of the rust & keep them maintained? Thanks for the help!

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If you want you can send them to King for maintenance they will come back looking new :thumb: give them a call.

aermotor · Apr 11, 2015

Wish I could find a pair of used King's!

SFNick · Apr 11, 2015

crippledpetey said:
If you want you can send them to King for maintenance they will come back looking new :thumb: give them a call.

I have thought about doing that. Do you know how much they usually charge? I'll give them a call on Monday. Thanks

aermotor said:
Wish I could find a pair of used King's!

I got lucky! I've been looking for months just happen to stumble across these online.

crippledpetey · Apr 11, 2015

SFNick said:
I have thought about doing that. Do you know how much they usually charge? I'll give them a call on Monday. Thanks

I got lucky! I've been looking for months just happen to stumble across these online.

I called about my DTD and they told me $120ea so in not sure if it's different but would have to assume a lite less.

SFNick · Apr 11, 2015

crippledpetey said:
I called about my DTD and they told me $120ea so in not sure if it's different but would have to assume a lite less.

That's not bad at all. I think I'll go that route.

Irish JK · Apr 11, 2015

crippledpetey said:
I called about my DTD and they told me $120ea so in not sure if it's different but would have to assume a lite less.

I don't believe that $120 includes any work on the finish of the bodies.

utiadam · Apr 11, 2015

I would probably use some steel wool on the lower part of the body. I thought the body was aluminum though? Guess not. Once you clean it off you can keep it lubricated with some WD40. Might help with the noise unless you do the AGM sliders.

SFNick · Apr 11, 2015

utiadam said:
I would probably use some steel wool on the lower part of the body. I thought the body was aluminum though? Guess not. Once you clean it off you can keep it lubricated with some WD40. Might help with the noise unless you do the AGM sliders.

I thought the were aluminum too. Those AGM sliders are nice but for 115$ a piece! Do they make that big of a difference?

utiadam · Apr 11, 2015

SFNick said:
I thought the were aluminum too. Those AGM sliders are nice but for 115$ a piece! Do they make that big of a difference?

Yeah they really do make a big difference. I think I had Northridge price match gen-right at $95 each.

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highoctane · Apr 11, 2015

utiadam said:
Yeah they really do make a big difference. I think I had Northridge price match gen-right at $95 each. <img src="http://wayalife.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=136636"/> http://youtu.be/p_lDS-4FEsI http://youtu.be/pPtz1Xnmctg

I think I saw a Facebook video that Mel Wade put up on the jk experience pages where he was talking about new sliders that EVO spec coilovers now ship with. Not sure how they compare to the agm sliders, but they did apparently change them. They are $20 a piece. I can't watch the video to verify because my internet here is slow as shit today. It was posted Mach 13th if anyone wants to check it out.

SFNick · Apr 11, 2015

utiadam said:
Yeah they really do make a big difference. I think I had Northridge price match gen-right at $95 each.

Dang! That's nice. My front Coilovers sound like a train coming down the trail. Something else I have to add to the todo list.

SFNick · Apr 11, 2015

highoctane said:
I think I saw a YouTube video that Mel Wade put up where he was talking about new sliders that EVO spec coilovers now ship with. Not sure how they compare to the age sliders, but they did apparently change them.

Yeah, I saw a Instagram pic of a new king slider. Interested to see how much they are.

SFNick · Apr 11, 2015

I think these are the ones. They are only 50$. I'll see if Northridge can get them.

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highoctane · Apr 11, 2015

SFNick said:
Yeah, I saw a Instagram pic of a new king slider. Interested to see how much they are.

I edited my post, Mel said in a comment under the video they were $20 or $25 a piece.

MR.Ty · Apr 11, 2015

SFNick said:
Yeah, I saw a Instagram pic of a new king slider. Interested to see how much they are.

And here I had been digging throught their Facebook page because I though I saw it there. Lol

utiadam · Apr 11, 2015

Yeah I did see Mel's post about them. Being taller I could see them less likely to tilt but I don't know how they would be less noisy since they are still one piece. The AGM are 2 piece machined aluminum with a plastic insert inside. From what I understand the noise comes from the springs not being able to rotate independently when compressing

SFNick · Apr 11, 2015

MR.Ty said:
And here I had been digging throught their Facebook page because I though I saw it there. Lol

highoctane said:
I edited my post, Mel said in a comment under the video they were $20 or $25 a piece.

Here's the link to the Facebook post.

Edit:Tthe link down below works better.

SFNick · Apr 11, 2015

Well I can't figure out how to post a link directly to the video. Lol dang you Facebook! Maybe this will work.

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=943610552326243&id=126961277324512

SFNick · Apr 11, 2015

utiadam said:
Yeah I did see Mel's post about them. Being taller I could see them less likely to tilt but I don't know how they would be less noisy since they are still one piece. The AGM are 2 piece machined aluminum with a plastic insert inside. From what I understand the noise comes from the springs not being able to rotate independently when compressing

You sold me on them.

I just ordered a couple for the rear.

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