Corroded/rusted coil springs. What to treat / paint it with?

fred990

Rubbish description.....

Grinding = a few file strokes!

motorguy

fred990 wrote: »

Did my rears about six months ago. Mot advisory, VW trade price just shy of £200+ vat for new. Whipped them off and spent a fair bit of time with wire wool to clean them up (and the occasional bit of grinding), turned out to be mainly surface rust and minor pitting.
A fair bit of work but the surface pitting was almost non-existent! 17 year old car, black hammerite paint and looked like new. Mot passed.

Two brand new ones from a motor factors are £60-80...

£80 on ebay for two, delivered.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_nkw=2002+passat+tdi+rear+springs&_sacat=0&_sop=15

And why are you worried about advisories on a 17 year old car?

Spring eventually cracks or breaks, replace it. Until then, drive on.

Oh, and you do know that hammerite wont flex and will just crack and fall off?

The clues in the name - SPRING.

motorguy

forgotmyname wrote: »

Neither because the rust will still be there. By the time you have killed the rust you could have fitted new springs.

^^^^

This. Completely.

fred990

motorguy wrote: »

Two brand new ones from a motor factors are £60-80...

£80 on ebay for two, delivered.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_nkw=2002+passat+tdi+rear+springs&_sacat=0&_sop=15

And why are you worried about advisories on a 17 year old car?

Spring eventually cracks or breaks, replace it. Until then, drive on.

Oh, and you do know that hammerite wont flex and will just crack and fall off?

The clues in the name - SPRING.

Sure it's a spring and it can break paint or no paint but......


Trouble is none of the non-vw sellers narrowed down my car exactly even with the reg. All offered different spring lengths/types. Generic pictures etc... just a gamble really.


Surely an advisory if ignored will = fail soon? I'm guessing the examiner can see what the previous advisories are to check if you're ignoring/taking the pee?


Or is it totally 'on the day' with no prior homework looking at the previous certificate?