VF2 Strut top turning yellow?

[CLUBRED]

What is it? seems to wipe off but comes back over time...

[Micks]

Yep mine is too mate, I put it down to doing fukall K's!

[CLUBRED]

And so it remains a mystery...

[Micks]

And so it remains a mystery...

Most likely the cheap china rubber their using?

[Peter B - CV8]

According to it's just natural oxidation/degrading of the rubber & can be accelerated by exposure to heat & oils (ie underbonnet area).
Apparently you can clean it with a paste of baking powder - but that would be a bit of a messy job...

[R8HSVHRT]

Are they not covered under warranty ?
Get Holden to replace them

[CLUBRED]

It will be mentioned at the next service, but trolling through car sales it seems to be common so they'll probably fob it off as "normal". Just like my diff that they "can't replicate issue" yet I can do it 100% of the time and the foreman is busy sorry..

[whitels1ss]

It will be mentioned at the next service, but trolling through car sales it seems to be common so they'll probably fob it off as "normal".

Replacing suspension rubber that's going a little yellowish would hardly be a warranty issue IMHO.

I think they would be more likely to just clean it off & perhaps wipe some treatment over it to make it look new & shiny or something.....

but you never know your luck, it's not a very expensive part or a long hard job to change.

[BLACK 346]

Do they come in other colours ie Black? Are they the same as VE which are black?

[Micks]

Do they come in other colours ie Black? Are they the same as VE which are black?

Rod the VF2 ones are black & don't appear any different to my old VE ones, only these turn yellowish!

[Smitty]

According to it's just natural oxidation/degrading of the rubber & can be accelerated by exposure to heat & oils (ie underbonnet area).
Apparently you can clean it with a paste of baking powder - but that would be a bit of a messy job... ....................

I use Tyre Shine (good Meguairs) on mine to get rid of the yellowishness on mine

Spray on and wipe the overspray off the strut tower..... good for 3-4 months

[VL Executive]

The ones on my VF2 are doing the same

[Micks]

Appears it's across the VF range, this is an My14 LSA I saw yesterday.