leaking Pfadt coilover
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leaking Pfadt coilover
One of the Pfadt FeatherLight SA coilovers I purchased in late 2012 is weeping at the base of the shock. Though I've emailed Pfadt, I'm not expecting to get much help there given their recent change in business status.
If I can't get a new replacement for this one I see my options as:
1.) Rebuild it if these dampers can be rebuilt. If they can be rebuilt, recommendations as to who to do the work please.
2.) Replace all 4 coilovers with something else that's comparable. Recommendations welcome. This is for dual use C6 Z06 - HPDE and track days.
Many thanks in advance.
If I can't get a new replacement for this one I see my options as:
1.) Rebuild it if these dampers can be rebuilt. If they can be rebuilt, recommendations as to who to do the work please.
2.) Replace all 4 coilovers with something else that's comparable. Recommendations welcome. This is for dual use C6 Z06 - HPDE and track days.
Many thanks in advance.
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Replace them with Ride Tech units.
They recently brought coil overs for the corvette platform to market, we jumped at the chance to throw a set on a 1000hp road race car.
100% American made (fox and hypercoil) backed by Ride Techs 1,000,000 mile (lifetime) warranty. You really cannot find anything better out there. The quality is above and beyond anything I ever saw with pfadt and the owner of RideTech is no joke. This guy has been making quality parts for a long time and beats the ever living hell out of his own cars on the race track. Lots of R&D involved.
They recently brought coil overs for the corvette platform to market, we jumped at the chance to throw a set on a 1000hp road race car.
100% American made (fox and hypercoil) backed by Ride Techs 1,000,000 mile (lifetime) warranty. You really cannot find anything better out there. The quality is above and beyond anything I ever saw with pfadt and the owner of RideTech is no joke. This guy has been making quality parts for a long time and beats the ever living hell out of his own cars on the race track. Lots of R&D involved.
#6
Drifting
Regardless if anyone has a million mile warranty.. I would stick to a company that is based off the major shock builders like bilstien, Penske, moton, ohlins. Not some knock off Chinese made shock.
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Fox has dominated the off road shock world for many years, you will be hard pressed to find somthing that will take more abuse. So im not sure who you were referring to by "chinese made shocks"...
RideTech
Fox
Hypercoil
All american made....
Do a little research, you cannot go wrong with this combination at its price point.
http://www.hypercoils.com
http://www.ridefox.com
http://www.ridetech.com/store/muscle...ures_hash=V364
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Drifting
Fox Shocks and Hypercoil Springs are 100% american made...
Fox has dominated the off road shock world for many years, you will be hard pressed to find somthing that will take more abuse. So im not sure who you were referring to by "chinese made shocks"...
RideTech
Fox
Hypercoil
All american made....
Do a little research, you cannot go wrong with this combination at its price point.
http://www.hypercoils.com
http://www.ridefox.com
http://www.ridetech.com/store/muscle...ures_hash=V364
Fox has dominated the off road shock world for many years, you will be hard pressed to find somthing that will take more abuse. So im not sure who you were referring to by "chinese made shocks"...
RideTech
Fox
Hypercoil
All american made....
Do a little research, you cannot go wrong with this combination at its price point.
http://www.hypercoils.com
http://www.ridefox.com
http://www.ridetech.com/store/muscle...ures_hash=V364
#9
I can't help you with the rebuild, but we do offer a CoilOver Trade-in program that we put together a few years back. This program was designed to replace some of the older, wore out, cheaper coilovers with some quality American made parts. Obviously, not so much the case here, but in any event it will gain you $100/pair credit towards a new set, which is better than nothing.
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Just go with the LG's and never look back. I tried so many things to make my Pfadt coil overs work and was never able to get them right. I bolted on a set of off the shelf LG's and all the handling issues went away completely. I know several people that have done the same thing and regretted waiting so long before switching to a good brand like LG.
#12
Team Owner
I was told there was a quality control issue on some of the seals causing leaks on a certain batch of shocks that were in the first sets produced in house when they had to transfer manufacturing to their on site location in Utah instead of it being out sourced.
#13
I bought from the first offering. Am I screwed? They haven't leaked yet. Just looking for more definition of which batches.
Also their is a screw closing off a fitting on the circ canister. If the biggest issue is recharging couldn't that fitting take a Schrader? Was this changed later when they changed the color of the setup and those can't be charged?
Also their is a screw closing off a fitting on the circ canister. If the biggest issue is recharging couldn't that fitting take a Schrader? Was this changed later when they changed the color of the setup and those can't be charged?
#14
Drifting
I bought from the first offering. Am I screwed? They haven't leaked yet. Just looking for more definition of which batches.
Also their is a screw closing off a fitting on the circ canister. If the biggest issue is recharging couldn't that fitting take a Schrader? Was this changed later when they changed the color of the setup and those can't be charged?
Also their is a screw closing off a fitting on the circ canister. If the biggest issue is recharging couldn't that fitting take a Schrader? Was this changed later when they changed the color of the setup and those can't be charged?
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Le Mans Master
Try calling ANZE Suspension (http://www.anzeengineering.com/). They have recently said that they're working on being able to rebuild the SA Featherlights.
#18
Drifting
Original version with a port for the nitrogen charge
Current version without the port
Cutaway
I have access to a local shop that rebuilds FOX, Bitubo, Penske and Ohlins shocks and has a shock dyno.
I may have a set of PFADT Featherlights to disassemble and see how the nitrogen is charged.
The piston shims and seals are not an issue as shaft seals in different diameters and hardness are available The issue may be pistons and body parts if they are required for a rebuild.
Current version without the port
Cutaway
I have access to a local shop that rebuilds FOX, Bitubo, Penske and Ohlins shocks and has a shock dyno.
I may have a set of PFADT Featherlights to disassemble and see how the nitrogen is charged.
The piston shims and seals are not an issue as shaft seals in different diameters and hardness are available The issue may be pistons and body parts if they are required for a rebuild.
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Team Owner
I had one of the first sets that came from the initial "in house" build with the grey color shock bodies and no top port, and they leaked. I currently am on a set with the black shock bodies and shorter springs, and so far no issues and they are preforming great, although I wouldn't mind getting rid of them and moving onto something else.