Failed inspection on shocker

They actually look like h e l l my buddy I would get those swapped out even some eBay cheapies I think even some mid-range now come painted with extra special paint that doesn't corrode like that for a long time they'll stay black You can even get single rate springs which seem to do a lot better on my car which is slightly lifted so my old rear end can get in and out better has nothing to do with off-roading generally speaking I do off-road but for work and not rock crawling and specialty sporting nonsense. But they look really bad been a long time since I've been in the UK to see that kind of surface rust and what have you but on that last picture the inside looks like that shock is blown up all over the piston and all of it so I would say a new set would greatly improve your ride especially while you're doing it do the lower ball joints up front maybe the front wheel bearings while you have all that apart it's very fast to do and it'll make your car seemingly handle and drive forward like new again I would hope you can get the parts as cheap as we can here in the States

 

Why so much rust? Leeds is far from the coast, so it isn't from ocean salt. Do they put down a lot of salt on the roads in that area?

 

Looks wet, meaning it's been leaking.

Struts and shocks are much better judged by road manners and a physical bounce test, but these pictures suggest that you should replace at least one, and you always want to replace these in pairs. At a minimum you need two new front struts.

 

To be honest about it I've left them flat on some older Toyota's for years didn't even realize the car was driving like a go-kart struts in the shocks generally speaking are relatively inexpensive these days it'll make a huge difference in the way the car handles but if the car's been like this a long time it may be like a vehicle you've never known before so there's always that might all of a sudden become a very reasonable car to keep and drive and handle quite respectively and things like that now your coffee doesn't constantly fall out of the cup holder that sort of thing You can go a little faster down the road without every undeletion throwing your head into the roof or something.

 

Had an inspection on mine recently and the wheel bearing and spring are gone. Gonna get both front struts replaced, both front wheel bearings and do a 1.5” lift all round while those parts are out and the cars up. I’m in the UK too, Stoke-on-Trent.