i have koni adj's with eibach pro-kit. The bumpstop is cut in half andi have about a inch to inch and a half of travel. Is this normal. I was speaking with someone today and they said that you need to get shocks that have shorter piston. I've never heard of this problem especially with the pro-kit being not such a huge drop. So does this mean im gettin compression and barely any rebound? Im guessing this would make the car ride like *** to. Does koni make a shorter stroke? Let me know guys this is weird

 

Did you cut the bumpstops in half, front and back?

What perch are you using. I have the same setup and I think I may be riding on
the bumpstops...

 

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Koni does make a shorter piston shock - they're not cheap.

But your initial impression is correct, the pro-kit drop isn't so severe so as to make available compression travel an issue. The trimmed bump stop goes a good ways towards getting most of the travel back, and good springs are designed to be stiff enough to compensate for the reduction in travel.

 

just imagine putting koni's on a neon, they only have like 2.5 inches of travel stock. The cut down koni's are really, really, really expensive, and you might as well get the two way adjustables if you get them. I would say you are fine though, its a short drop.

 

I have a similar problem on my 97 prelude SH. I just installed GC and koni shocks. I set ride height to 0.5" lower than stock. Looking at the front shocks when car is on the ground there is only ~2 inches of available shock travel (when measured WITHOUT the bump stops) from the top of the shock body to the nub on the shock shaft. With half of the stock bump stop (2 out of the 4 bumps kept for approx 2" length) my front shocks will just about be riding on the bump stops all the time. Anyone else have this prob esp on a prelude?