You put antiseize on the bolts when you put them back on.

Good job Lendaddy! I will call you when my Tundra shocks need changed.

PS This job was Karma getting even with you for the beotch of a time I had swapping out the suspension on the old Audi A6 from hell I bought from you years ago. ;):D

No doubt, that Audi scared the hell outta me. I never dared touch that thing. It had two turbos and popping the hood revealed no evidence of either of them...no thanks!

What I'm getting from this thread is that I made the right decision moving to SoCal from MN. all those years ago. I hate rust and corrosion on vehicles more than I can say. I enjoy working on cars and even work part-time in a friend's shop these days, it's an ok job in the dry part of the country and absolutely one of the worst jobs on earth in the rust belt. Just a drag everyday.

I worked in a gas station with full repair service after HS in MN. and let me tell you that you have not lived until you get under a filthy, rusty vehicle with frozen slush from the freeway melting and dripping down on you. It's sort of a soup consisting of road salt, sand and dirt + probably remnants of road-kill all frozen in a slush popsicle under the car. All fasteners are corroded and brittle from the extreme heat-cycling that happens when the high temperature varies by ~130deg. in a 6 month period. Good times....