I have had my AGX's and coilovers for maybe 20K miles. I have been riding with no dust boots the whold time, is this really bad?? Am I going to shorten the live of my shocks?

Thanks!!

 

Accelerated wear of the seals as dust can get on the piston then 'pulled/pushed' down into the seals upon compression stroke.

 

Ant

 

Chunger thanks for the reply!! So not having them is going to blow my shocks eventualy? Can the AGX dust boots work with coilovers?

Ant-What are you talking about??

 

Me thinks, he thinks, you're looney.

 

Running no dustboots will very likely shorten the life of your shocks. However, a lot of it depends on where you live.

For instance, I am running GC coilovers w/ AGX struts on my G20t. I've had them for about 3 years and 50K miles. I have had zero problems. No noise, no leaks, no loss of performance (other than regular wear and tear). But, I do live in Southern California where it only rains maybe 10 days a year and I do not drive in heavily dusty or muddy or road salted conditions.

I would imagine if I drove in places where it was rainy and muddy all the time, my suspension would not have lasted very long.

Another thing too... I left the stock spring seats on the AGX struts. This keeps a lot of water and dirt from getting thrown up and onto the strut's piston shaft and seals.

 

theblue and I both have AGX's and CG coilovers with no dust boots, in WNY where we get lots of snow, rain, mud and salt.

Neither of use have had a single problem. I've had my setup about 10 months and I would guess he has about a year and a half.