# Coilovers in the Winter?

**URL:** <https://forums.speedlife.net/t/coilovers-in-the-winter/142607>\
**Category:** Canada Nissan Automotive\
**Created:** [May 22, 2006, 6:54pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/coilovers-in-the-winter/142607 "2006-05-22T18:54:26Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![lourens13](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e19b73/32.png) [@lourens13](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/lourens13)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2006, 6:54pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/coilovers-in-the-winter/142607/1 "2006-05-22T18:54:26Z")

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I have heard that you can ruin a set of coilovers if you drive a car with coilovers twelve months of the year. Ive heard the coilovers make a lot of heat when they move that much in the winter road conditions, because theyre not meant to move that much that fast. Now personally, this doesnt make any sense to me. But Id rather ask first than mess up some expensive suspension.

So is that true?

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**Author:** ![imported\_RPS131](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dbc845/32.png) [@imported\_RPS131](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/imported_RPS131)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2006, 7:10pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/coilovers-in-the-winter/142607/2 "2006-05-22T19:10:16Z")

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Only thing I could think of is the salt and snow corroding them, but heat wise I don’t know.

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**Author:** ![lourens13](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e19b73/32.png) [@lourens13](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/lourens13)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2006, 8:19pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/coilovers-in-the-winter/142607/3 "2006-05-22T20:19:54Z")

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Hmm…

Thanks, although that doesnt help too much.

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**Author:** ![Scooby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Scooby](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Scooby)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2006, 8:27pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/coilovers-in-the-winter/142607/4 "2006-05-22T20:27:15Z")

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depends on the coilover quality as well, some may break from being too cold. are you looking for a particular set?

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**Author:** ![lourens13](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e19b73/32.png) [@lourens13](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/lourens13)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2006, 9:25pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/coilovers-in-the-winter/142607/5 "2006-05-22T21:25:20Z")

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Either a set of Tein Flex, or some Silk Roads…

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**Author:** ![geniusevil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e36b37/32.png) [@geniusevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/geniusevil)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2006, 11:27pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/coilovers-in-the-winter/142607/6 "2006-05-22T23:27:42Z")

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well the biggest reason i removed mine for winter was the height of the vehicle was just too low

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**Author:** ![Last\_Fuse](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/last_fuse/32/5847_2.png) [@Last\_Fuse](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Last_Fuse)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2006, 12:40am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/coilovers-in-the-winter/142607/7 "2006-05-23T00:40:29Z")

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Check the fluid thats in the strut… sometimes they’re only rated for … -5 \*C … and frozen strut + a hard bounce = boom… Or so i’m told