B-Hive wrote:kieran.l wrote:Was looking for the strut returns so that I could put LHM into the creaking struts but discovered something more scary in the process The tops of both front struts are very rusty Opinions and advice welcome
Crap your country is severe on cars!!!
Haha yeah what does that say about the Irish weather! And that C6 is Irish too!Dollywobbler wrote:
Although I'm suprised I didn't notice how bad the tops were in all the time I've had the BX which was two years since the beginning of March. I really hope that they didn't deteriorate that much in the two years of Irish weather! (especially since shes stored inside!)
I got onto the Lithuanian company and they can do something with the strut tops so I think I'll go with them and get a good job done. Better in the long term. And the rust in the pics looks kind of deep in places. They quoted €266 inc their P+P.mds141 wrote:I thought it was only XM's and Xantia's that suffered rusty strut tops. Kieran, I sent my XM struts away to a company in Lithuania for a refurbishment. Not sure if they can do the same for a BX, as the XM struts are rubber bonded. Here's the link to kinGAS. http://www.elastomer.eu/index.php/en/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
It'll be a few weeks before I can send them off but I'll update here. I may be asking questions about removal too...