Clear coat shocks....

With the winter getting ready to hit here in the mid Atlantic I was wondering if anyone clear coated their shocks. The shocks on my last raptor looked like hell after just one winter. The salt ate the shocks up.

Thanks!!!


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I just did mine this weekend with boeshield t-9. Usually helps keep them from getting destroyed.

I thought the 2013+ shocks came with a plastic film over them? I remember seeing them on my 2013.

cubiefan101 said:

I just did mine this weekend with boeshield t-9. Usually helps keep them from getting destroyed.

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Is that anything like AMSOIL HDMP? Only thing I don't like about it is the yellowing it leaves. Does Boeshield dry clear?

RDFTS said:

Is that anything like AMSOIL HDMP? Only thing I don't like about it is the yellowing it leaves. Does Boeshield dry clear?

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I was looking at mine the other day, I coated them with HDMP right after I bought it and yes, the yellow is a little annoying, but I figured the benefits outweigh the cosmetic downside.

Ordered my HDMP yesterday does anyone have any pics of how yellow they make the shocks. Getting scared to do now, but in Pittsburgh we love salt!

T-9 will not make it yellow. Its what many use on JetSki's to protect from corrosion. I know when I had a dealer do the 10hr service on my previous ski they used it and worked great.

I did the Amsoil MPHD straight off the transport. Truck had 1.6 miles on it. This stuff is great. It does yellow the surface a bit but also make dirt mud and sand just bead up and fall right off. Live in Austin so not much snow and no salt to contend with but I wanted some sort of protection and this has worked great so far. I even did my yfz450r shortly after not that it ever even see water except for the occasional wash it may receive.

I bought a can of Boeshield T-9. Just waiting for things to warm up a tad and I feel like taking off the rear tires as I want to spray a few other things while I am in there.

I recently did the MPHD also and I agree that a little yellowish tint to the shocks is well worth having them protected. Does anyone know how long the MPHD will last until I need to recoat everything? Living in the rust belt I have to do something or it will eat the truck.