[rothwem]

I saw I had some fluid leaking from one of my rear shocks, so I changed them this weekend. Check out the damage on this thing! The other side was mint, looked totally fine.

[Wolf 335]

Maybe previous owner had one failed shock. Knowing that the car will be sold, probably went to a shop and put any used shock that was laying around collecting rust.

And there you have it.

[rothwem]

Originally Posted by Wolf 335

Maybe previous owner had one failed shock. Knowing that the car will be sold, probably went to a shop and put any used shock that was laying around collecting rust.

And there you have it.

Yea, you're probably right. This car has 84,000 miles on it, and I bought it with 80,000. The brake pads are almost brand new looking, while the rotors have a nasty lip on them at least a mm or two thick.

This tells me that they were probably like, "hmm, shocks leaking, replace that shock. Hmm brake pads low, replace brake pads. Rotors are .005" above minimum spec, leave the rotors alone. etc, etc" Basically it sounds like they did the absolute minimum to make it ready for sale and pass a PPI. That sneaky rusty shit was all hidden by the bumpstop/cover assembly.