Hello all,
I could use some advice. I'm going to be putting my stock suspension back into the car. I was looking over my OEM units and on one of them, I accidentally scraped/scrubbed away some of the zinc coating on the top mount. The way I see it, I have two choices.
I can use one of the available zinc cold-galvanizing sprays and coat the top mount. Although it would end up a primer gray color, I think it would be effective in protecting it against any steel-to-aluminum galvanic corrosion. Mask the damper, spray, and install. This seems easiest.
The other choice is to order a new top mount for around $70-$80. I don't know how easily available it is, but it's listed as available on the websites. I would probably need to take the unit to a shop so they could use a spring compressor to disassemble the damper and replace it. It seems a bit risky that a random shop would do it cleanly without scratching things up.
Any thoughts?
I could use some advice. I'm going to be putting my stock suspension back into the car. I was looking over my OEM units and on one of them, I accidentally scraped/scrubbed away some of the zinc coating on the top mount. The way I see it, I have two choices.
I can use one of the available zinc cold-galvanizing sprays and coat the top mount. Although it would end up a primer gray color, I think it would be effective in protecting it against any steel-to-aluminum galvanic corrosion. Mask the damper, spray, and install. This seems easiest.
The other choice is to order a new top mount for around $70-$80. I don't know how easily available it is, but it's listed as available on the websites. I would probably need to take the unit to a shop so they could use a spring compressor to disassemble the damper and replace it. It seems a bit risky that a random shop would do it cleanly without scratching things up.
Any thoughts?
