Coilovers during winter time?

ray_futbol · 10-05-2011, 01:43 PM

Thinking about lowering my car with either KW v1 or v3's but where i live it gets cold as hell

-25 C or -13 F

Will running them in this kind of weather create issues/ problems and will they still work properly or freeze up?

Thanks for your help!

ray_futbol · 10-05-2011, 01:49 PM

crap wrong section lol

drfrink24 · 10-06-2011, 11:28 AM

Pretty sure they'll function fine, though I'm not sure about their rust resistance.

MassBimmer · 10-06-2011, 01:41 PM

KW's are made to withstand winter weather - snow, salt, cold, etc..
H&R coils are not rust resistant and should be treated with rust resistant spray every year

ECSTuning · 10-06-2011, 03:11 PM

That's a level of cold I hope to never have to deal with, but I just got off the phone with our KW contact, they said that below freezing you will most likely experience extra noise from the coil overs but they will still function properly. They have reports of the V2s and V3s operating properly at temperatures right around -20 degrees.

Also right now we have a special going on KW coil overs Free ECS Tuning gift cars are packaged with our KW V1, V2, and V3 coil overs. You can find the coil overs for your car HERE

Stay Warm!

ECS Tuning

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ray_futbol Lieutenant 49 Rep 472 Posts Drives: E90 LCI 328i\|E70 LCI xDrive50i Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Canada iTrader: (2) Garage List 2011 E70 LCI X5 xDr ... [7.00]	crap wrong section lol __________________ 2013 VW Golf R \| APR Stage 2+ 2015 BMW F06 640i xDrive \| M Sport Edition \| 20' Avant Garde M510 Retired 2009 E90 328i xDrive \| M Sport \| BMW Performance Grille, Intake, Exhaust, BBK \| AA Stg 2 \| 3 Stage Manifold \| Bilstein Sport \| Eibach Pro \| OEM CF Spoiler \| CF Lip \| Alufelgen SF-71
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drfrink24 Second Lieutenant 13 Rep 233 Posts Drives: 2008 335xi Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: SE MN iTrader: (0)	Pretty sure they'll function fine, though I'm not sure about their rust resistance.
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ECSTuning New Lifetime Replacement Policy 816 Rep 11,738 Posts Drives: Independent Tuning Specialists Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Ohio iTrader: (18)	That's a level of cold I hope to never have to deal with, but I just got off the phone with our KW contact, they said that below freezing you will most likely experience extra noise from the coil overs but they will still function properly. They have reports of the V2s and V3s operating properly at temperatures right around -20 degrees. Also right now we have a special going on KW coil overs Free ECS Tuning gift cars are packaged with our KW V1, V2, and V3 coil overs. You can find the coil overs for your car HERE Stay Warm! ECS Tuning Last edited by ECSTuning; 10-07-2011 at 08:49 AM..
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