ok i jus put some coilover on and the dust sheild is jus sittin on top of the coilover and makes the car sits higher than stock....do i need the dust sheildon the shock?

 

Do you mean the dustboot? That black rubber sleeve with the accordion-section that protects the piston rod? Its basically a flimsy piece of rubber that you can compress with your fingers, I don't see that it would affect your car's ride height.
edit: Looks something like this:

 

nope rubber...its the metal that sits under the cap......not the damper or the rubber its thing goes around it

 

Can you point it out in this picture?

(omg cheap plug )

 

here a site wit some pic https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=1449932 (the 2 on the outer side. the metal inside the spring

 

the pic u post have rubber instead of metal.....maybe the rear have rubber...havnt gone to the back yet


Modified by aznteg at 2:08 PM 12/11/2005

 

Ooooh I see. I dunno how those are attached.

 

i can remove it but dont know if it gonna mess with the shock....isnt that to block out the dust

 

They are the same thing, metal or rubber. It shouldn't make your car sit higher at all.

 

Some of the cars did have a stock steel dust cover and they can hit an aftermarket coil-over sleeve. You can either remove it or cut it shorter so that it does not hit. This is a common issue with drop-on coil-over sleeve its.

 

the metal is sittin on top of the sleeve cuasing the shock not be able to dam...

 

yea i finally took it off...and left it off....but wont it cause the shock to act the way they should after awhile...

 

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it's not a big deal, though ideally it'd be nice to have a dust boot back there.

instead, you can just clean up your shocks and springs once in a while to compensate...