New Arnott air strut leaking

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So...


My old bag blew out last week, i ordered arnott replacement through car id on ebay.

They charge less then arnott site, and i also figured out i didnt have to give a core deposit which on arnotts site you do, so after i send the old one back may get $100 ontop of that yet...

Anyways it was a flop.. got the old strut, out, put the new one in, attach everything back and before i go to tighten everything down i aired up the front with INPA, yup.. its leaking . Not from the bag, but from the top of the strut around the piston nut.

Seems to be a defect, i took a breaker bar and tightened the piston nut as hard as i could, and it helped, but regardless its leaking. Spent 5 hours in the parking lot taking the old one out, putting the new one in, took the new one out again to see if i could figure something out etc.

Called up arnott today, they said i had to go through carid since i got it through their distributor (box is sent from arnott anyways). So called up carid etc explained to the guy the issue, and should be getting overnighted part, after that ill ship them back the "new" one i got before...

All in all, if i would have gotten a working part id be ok, especially since its my only car and i did this in the parking lot. But when i get a broken part its like may as well kick my nuts while your at it...

Heres some pics:



Around the rubber here under the piston nut is where the fk&*$ leak is coming from.