Anyone Running Eibach Shocks or Springs?

[phranican]

I installed the Eibach Pro-Truck shocks last spring. There is significant surface rust at the welds and calcification on all four of them. They look really bad. Curious, has anyone else had this issue?

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[Hootbro]

I installed the Eibach Pro-Truck shocks last spring. There is significant surface rust at the welds and calcification on all four of them. They look really bad. Curious, has anyone else had this issue?

Got any pics of this for reference?

FWIW, I have had Rancho and Bilstein shocks look like crap in a year also. No getting around a steel body shock and eventual rust forming.

 

[phranican]

All four look similar.

 

[Gizmo]

Wow Now I have a set I took off after a couple years at the jersey shore that look fine.

 

[chr15m]

All four look similar.

The bodies are stainless so this is probably going to be declared a regional conditions issue if you try to claim their lifetime warranty. They even state coating is not covered.

I've seen shock bodies like this, especially on OMEs still run their lifespan out without issue. Just monitor it, possibly coat them if you want.

I live in Washington and had no rust on mine after 2 years of use, we don't see much road salt in our area, I also always clean the underside after any snow storms out of precaution.

 

[chr15m]

My jeep is garage-kept at work and home too. Not driven much, under 28K miles 2021 model, shocks probably have 6k miles on them max. Why would they look like this?

Exposure to salt and moisture as far as i understand. The salt just accelerates the corrosion process. If it's on the truck and there's moisture it just speeds up the process. Maybe residual salt on the road from winter, or being close to the ocean, high RH/humidity. Even if it's stored inside, if it got on and wasn't cleaned off it remains an accelerant. There's more to it than that, but it can happen quick. The shocks are coated, but it's not up to the same level as frame coating.

In short I've seen this a lot, brand doesn't seem to make any difference.

 

[Hootbro]

All four look similar.

Yeah, I would say that is above average of what I have seen. Like mentioned, I do not think that is going to warrantied since it is cosmetic and probably will be fine for the expected remaining life of the shock.

 

[Gizmo]

Yup I have seen some sad looking shocks living at the shore and it had no effect on how they worked. Just like some of the jeeps I have seen around here

 

[chr15m]

The only time I've actually had any issue with surface rust was while running adjustable coil overs, rust in the threads is a different issue altogether.

I would recommend occasionally popping the shaft boot off the body and making sure there's no rust starting on the shaft itself. Rust there will eventually empty that shock.

 

[InvertedLogic]

I installed the Eibach Pro-Truck shocks last spring. There is significant surface rust at the welds and calcification on all four of them. They look really bad. Curious, has anyone else had this issue?

Strange, I've had mine for at least 3 years with no visible red rust. Granted, I'm in the high desert but they do see a fair share of snow and mag-chloride.

The bodies are stainless so this is probably going to be declared a regional conditions issue if you try to claim their lifetime warranty. They even state coating is not covered.

I've seen shock bodies like this, especially on OMEs still run their lifespan out without issue. Just monitor it, possibly coat them if you want.

I live in Washington and had no rust on mine after 2 years of use, we don't see much road salt in our area, I also always clean the underside after any snow storms out of precaution.

They're zinc coated, not stainless

 

[ShadowsPapa]

The bodies are stainless so this is probably going to be declared a regional conditions issue if you try to claim their lifetime warranty. They even state coating is not covered.

I've seen shock bodies like this, especially on OMEs still run their lifespan out without issue. Just monitor it, possibly coat them if you want.

I live in Washington and had no rust on mine after 2 years of use, we don't see much road salt in our area, I also always clean the underside after any snow storms out of precaution.

Stainless? I don't think so based on the appearance of mine after a year or so. I left them on the truck when I traded it.
Eibach even states the appearance isn't guaranteed, almost like saying "expect problems". Weird.

That's definitely UNPASSIVATED zinc white spots (I see someone already said that)
They really aren't using a quality process on the shock bodies, IMO (I do zinc plating - that's horrible for after a very short time)

 

[chr15m]

Stainless? I don't think so based on the appearance of mine after a year or so. I left them on the truck when I traded it.
Eibach even states the appearance isn't guaranteed, almost like saying "expect problems". Weird.

That's definitely UNPASSIVATED zinc white spots (I see someone already said that)
They really aren't using a quality process on the shock bodies, IMO (I do zinc plating - that's horrible for after a very short time)

Yeah I thought as much as well, the search I ran came up with them being SS according to Shock Surplus, theyre usually pretty accurate. The coat looks the same as the Billys, zinc. Just checked and it is in fact zinc.

None the less, its definitely per app, ran them for probably 40k on a Tundra over about 2.5 years and never had that happen. Mine just looked ashy, like my Foxes do right now.

 

[InvertedLogic]

Here’s what mine are looking like after about 35K mi. Just dirty and slightly ashy, no red rust. Zinc coating is doing its job

 

[NC_Overland]

This is the reason that Jeep eliminated the fox shocks from the 2023 rubicons.

That’s a shame they don’t have them anymore. Mine are fantastic. They ride nice and smooth when unloaded and not towing but when towing, hauling, off-roading, or just hitting large bumps they give a very controlled ride. Recently, I went 60 over some railroad tracks I used to jump in high school. Of course my suspension swallowed it up, but it also didn’t bounce at all after. When I was pulling a 5k lb trailer doing 65 downhill on I-77 in the VA mtns and a tractor trailer cut me off and I had to hit the shoulder and full ABS/stability control trying to stop there was no real nose dive or excessive body roll. It also stays remarkably flat when driving fast on mtn roads.

2020 Overland that I put a take off Rubicon LE Suspension on when it was brand new and 285/70/18 Dueler A/T Revo 3 tires. They had 50k+ miles on them when that happened too. 60k miles and lots of towing 4-6k and hauling 1200-1500+ lbs in the bed.

Now my stock overland suspension was Fing awful. It handled like crap with crazy body roll and whenever you hit a bump it would bounce like five times. If that VA mtn interstate situation happened with that suspension, I probably would have wrecked. If it happened in our 2018 Colorado, it would have definitely been sketchier, but probably been ok.

 

[ShadowsPapa]

That’s a shame they don’t have them anymore. Mine are fantastic. They ride nice and smooth when unloaded and not towing but when towing, hauling, off-roading, or just hitting large bumps they give a very controlled ride. Recently, I went 60 over some railroad tracks I used to jump in high school. Of course my suspension swallowed it up, but it also didn’t bounce at all after. When I was pulling a 5k lb trailer doing 65 downhill on I-77 in the VA mtns and a tractor trailer cut me off and I had to hit the shoulder and full ABS/stability control trying to stop there was no real nose dive or excessive body roll. It also stays remarkably flat when driving fast on mtn roads.

2020 Overland that I put a take off Rubicon LE Suspension on when it was brand new and 285/70/18 Dueler A/T Revo 3 tires. They had 50k+ miles on them when that happened too. 60k miles and lots of towing 4-6k and hauling 1200-1500+ lbs in the bed.

Now my stock overland suspension was Fing awful. It handled like crap with crazy body roll and whenever you hit a bump it would bounce like five times. If that VA mtn interstate situation happened with that suspension, I probably would have wrecked. If it happened in our 2018 Colorado, it would have definitely been sketchier, but probably been ok.

Just the opposite of my Overland experience. Putting Fox shocks from a Rubicon was the worst thing I did to my 2020. That is when it started bouncing.
From the factory there wasn't bounce.
The 2022 front shocks started leaking badly early on - but once the dealer replaced those it was back to a nice, non-bouncy ride.
I wonder if you also had bad shocks.
So my 2022 kept the stock shocks and it handled like a dream. I did put Eibach shocks on the rear - took away roll and bounce but made it harsher on certain pavement imperfections and railroad tracks.
Other than the harsh pot hole reactions from the Eibach rear shocks, mine drove/drove/handled like a dream. There was no bounce to it at all with stock shocks - once they replaced the leaking front shocks, that is. The pair they put on as replacements made a big difference, but they were stock replacements.

Frankly - for an Overland, I suggest the stock shocks, the Rubicon Fox shocks bounce like crazy.

I'll give away my Fox take-offs for shipping costs.

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