I'm hoping for a production run issue that they have resolved. Mine are too new to be showing this but winter is here and I guess we will see.

 

Mine look like hell after only being on the Jeep for a year after a very mild winter. I've read that it's very, very common. Unfortunately, I didn't read about it before I put them on.

Cut your boots off and throw them away. They just collect crap that will damage the seals.

 

My fox shocks look bad too. I'm going to clean em up!

 

Do you have Fox aluminum shocks?

 

I had bilstiens on my last truck and they looked like yours after a couple months, so I switched to fox 2.0 with resis and they were effed after one winter. It's just crap clear on them from manufacturer. I learned to just mask the shocks off and spray some more clear on them before installation and your prob gone be fine. I do find it odd that yours were corroded without being on a vehicle. To bad you had to take care of them yourself rather than bilstien rectify the default.