[gphung]

Hey, I tried searching about this on the F87 forums, as well as across all of bimmerpost, and the only thing I found was this:
https://www.e90post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1156072

Does anyone here have coilovers installed and drive their cars in the winter time with snowy conditions with potential for salt sprinkled on the roads? I installed a set of Ohlins this summer and this will be the first year they will see winter, and I want to prevent them from seizing.

There seems to be a bit of a debate as to whether "coilover covers" are actually better or worse for your coilovers, as with them more water/elements could be trapped under the cover, potentially making matters worse. But I don't have any first hand experience and it seems that there really isn't that much info out there.

Am I overthinking this, and perhaps just need to apply some anti-seize on the threads and call it a day?

Here's an example of a cover made of neoprene:
https://www.ebay.ca/itm/Neoprene-Coi...5dl2-r&vxp=mtr

[gphung]

Someone who made their own for their subie. Fronts didn't have covers on, rears did. These are made of a polyurethane coated nylon material.

[M Fifty]

It depends on what the damper bodies are made from. The MPS are stainless, with a plastic spring collar on the front - so a pressure washer will clean them up after a winter on the car.

The rears on the MPS aren't really coilovers - the spring is still separate - with the spring adjusters being well out of the way up against the chassis.

The Koni's I had on a previous car seized solid however.

For some bizarre reason the damping adjusters on the bottom of front MPS are made of aluminium though - which will electrolytically corrode in the presence of stainless steel...

[SteB]

You can get really good quality and very reasonably priced British made coilover covers from www.CoiloverCovers.com I've personally used them myself and they work great. iirc worldwide shipping is only £6.99 (Around $10 US)

[LLB-M2]

I dont believe that the covers will protect them well in a daily driver.
Its never 100% wateeproof. Saltwater will get into it and cant find it way out. So you have a fine salty biosphere.
I protect my coilovers with a wax for trucks and agricultur machinery:
https://www.korrosionsschutz-depot.d...rmdose-1-liter

Okay, my coilovers wont see any salt, but i also use it in our daily drivers to protect metal brake tubes, suspension and the body from rust. And its works very good.