I JB welded a cracked oil pan on a VW years ago...Lets just say it lasted well...Years. I was a lot younger at the time and would never do that again. But It was sold two years after I used and on the pan and who really knows how long it held up for
all you have to do with that oring gasket is cover it in oil and MAKE SURE it seats right when you put it back together. Ive done one before and ruined it because it didnt seat right. A little oil to keep it sticky made the job a breeze, Mind you its not an easy part to take off and put on irrc
Well it would make sense if the koni's were not engineered length wise for the coils, that the would indeed blow out that fast. I put my spacer on the bottom. I actually used the spacers from the old IPD drop bolt kit i Used to have. When installing the QA1's you kinda have to figure the mounts on the body on your own.
That defiantly looks like a cut. 10 years in the box, that stainless still looks new, stainless does not rust or break down, this is damaged else wise.