Best idea I heard, and the cheapest. I was actually thinking of spaying a oil lubricant or grease on the bolt, nut and side wall. Then sealing the cavity with a little expanding foam to seal the bolt. The foam can be easily removed later if you have had to because it will not stick to the oil.
Ammmmmm, I have one question. Before you did your test, did you dry the shock towers?? My car did have the shock towers full of water when it came in. I pulled the panel and dried out the shock towers. I have since washed the car 4 times just letting the pressure washer spray wherever it needed to be sprayed. Pulling the panels to reinspect, my towers were still dry.
Yes i did. The problem is water is channeled around and down the windshield washer bottle the bottom of the bottle is bolted to the strut casting housing an eventuality ends up on top of the strut .
@@madeathome5129 Mike - If I buy your Diverter, will I still need something like Angry Offroad Stut covers to protect both sides? Thanks for all your work on this issue.
@@jamesroberts3741 Hello James you only need one the water on the front of the C8 runs down the windshield and around the WW bottle on the driver side under the hood and finds it way on the top of the strut the water on the passenger side is directed at the rear side of the passenger side fender under the hood.
One simple test you can do your self open your hood on your C8 take your garden hose and run water on your windshield and you can see how the water is channeled
You lifted the hood and kept applying running water. Doesn't prove anything. Honda did a major recall on driver door switches rusting out, from owners like you applying a water hose of running water down the driver window slot, when the diver window is in the down position (open position)
What difference does it make?
Best idea I heard, and the cheapest. I was actually thinking of spaying a oil lubricant or grease on the bolt, nut and side wall. Then sealing the cavity with a little expanding foam to seal the bolt. The foam can be easily removed later if you have had to because it will not stick to the oil.
Thanks, Excellent video..
Have you looked under the covers to make sure all the water is staying out?
Not at the time I shot the video but on a different day and it was dry then
Pressure Washes when they tell you to “hand wash your C8”?
No vehicle is perfect. These are benign problems. Looking forward to purchase of a C8 Corvette LT2.
Ammmmmm, I have one question. Before you did your test, did you dry the shock towers??
My car did have the shock towers full of water when it came in. I pulled the panel and dried out the shock towers. I have since washed the car 4 times just letting the pressure washer spray wherever it needed to be sprayed. Pulling the panels to reinspect, my towers were still dry.
Yes i did. The problem is water is channeled around and down the windshield washer bottle the bottom of the bottle is bolted to the strut casting housing an eventuality ends up on top of the strut .
@@madeathome5129 Mike - If I buy your Diverter, will I still need something like Angry Offroad Stut covers to protect both sides? Thanks for all your work on this issue.
@@jamesroberts3741
Hello James you only need one the water on the front of the C8 runs down the windshield and around the WW bottle on the driver side under the hood and finds it way on the top of the strut the water on the passenger side is directed at the rear side of the passenger side fender under the hood.
One simple test you can do your self open your hood on your C8 take your garden hose and run water on your windshield and you can see how the water is channeled
So what can you do?
What I did was to put strut covers like on the video
First worl problems....struts on any car are gonna get wet & dirty.
Most vette owners wash by hand and don't drive thru rainstorms if at all possible!
Even if you wash by hand water can still puddle on top of the driver side strut
You lifted the hood and kept applying running water. Doesn't prove anything. Honda did a major recall on driver door switches rusting out, from owners like you applying a water hose of running water down the driver window slot, when the diver window is in the down position (open position)
The water runs down the windshield to the cowl whether the hood is up or down.
Then maybe you can better explain how water gets in there. It’s obviously a problem.
G what a junk lol