<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (yamaneko @ Aug 22 2005, 10:56 AM)</div><div class='quotemain'>Have you ever had any rust with your kit out of curiosity?
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I havent paid attention lately.. but last time i checked i had a bit of rust, which worries me... also the bolts and washers seemed to be gethering rust.... is this something you have seen frequently with jt kits?

When you have a single braket holding up your door (in the tiburons case weighs a butt load) the LAST thing you want is rust...

SO im either looking at two options, removing my kit and repainting it, maybe going even more ghetto than now and dipping it in chrome,.... or get a new kit.

My biggest concern is the struts, and secondly the finish and durability of the hinge.

 

No, i hadnt heard of rust. But it must be something that happens, which is why they decided to dip these hinges in some kind of gold material. They said it was to make sure it wouldnt rust.

You shouldnt have to worry about our struts, especially if youre in california. I havent had any returns on the 1 gen tiburon struts, and the ones we did have returns on for the civic were in crazy eastern cold climates during the winter...

 

Either way.. going to switch a strut every two months blows...

They still honor my warranty (over a year later) but the hassle sux.

 

theres no way they used gold. its more expensive than other things and wouldnt work as well for preventing rust. zinc or cadmium maybe, but not gold, unless they're idiots.

 

i think he ment just gold colored...

The jt kits are cheap... i doubt they would do something like that to them...

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (yamaneko @ Aug 22 2005, 03:38 PM)</div><div class='quotemain'>No, i hadnt heard of rust. But it must be something that happens, which is why they decided to dip these hinges in some kind of gold material. They said it was to make sure it wouldnt rust.
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It's called alodine.

It's a type of conversion coating to the oxide on the surface of the substrate.

http://www.eaa1000.av.org/technicl/c...on/alodine.htm

Used specificly to prevent saltwater and other fluid corrosion of aluminum.

 

He probably knows more about this than me. I just know its gold colored, and at first i thought they were crazy to paint it that color, but when they told me the reason, then I understood.

 

I have the SR kit, and there has not been any problems with the struts or durability so far ( installed since April). I have left the doors up all day at shows, indoors and in the wind, and there has been no problems. The only thing I don't like is how far the doors come out before they actually go up; looks weird when your parked next to someone with a VDK that goes straighter up. I'll blame it on the inside door panels though wink1.gif Overall, I'm very pleased with the quality of the kit, at least so far. I will make sure to take tons of pics at Hyundai Sunday to show folks the hinges and such.

 

Did you get it from us, or from shark racing in korea?

 

Sharkracing in Korea I believe. The "gold" plating actually works really well; not even a hint of rust thus far.