so i jus bought some tokico blues and had a question about installing then on my car. i was wondering if i needed these stock shock parts on the tokicos the picture above the parts #8, #10, #13, and #11?

 

You can reuse your stock ones.

 

yes you can reuse your stock ones.

i would put them on to prevent your shocks from bottoming out.

 

Wouldn't you have to cut your bumpstops (#11) in half to compensate for the shocks?

 

if you didnt have number 8 that strut would shoot straight through your chassis.

10 is more like a dust boot, thats up to you, but i would def. like to keep dirt off of my tokicos and keep their life as long as possible.

13, and 11 you also HAVE to use. 11 is your bump stop, and you DONT have to cut it

 

i have same...TODAY i am going to cut my bumpstops in half, because my EK makes terrible squeeking sounds. [the car is sitting on the 2.5" bumpstop]
IMO, it depends on how low you are going. i have 3 fingers under the fender and the dam thing sits on the bumpstops.
i have heard a bunch of people on HT remove the bumpstop all together, (did research all yesterday) and a few setups have the springs are strong enough to keep the car from hitting the tower. given the bumps are not so bad.
i say, cut them in half if you are going to drop them, again just what i am doing. might help you tho?!

 

would i have to cut my bumpstop if im using tein stechs 1.7 front and 1.5 drop in the back?

 

Search the FAQ, it has many info on "how to".

 

so today i got ready to change them out and 2 of the washers didnt fit the tokico shocks pieces #8 and #13's hole was small and only as low as the threaded top part on the tokico shocks? what do i do now?

 

Are these HP tokico's?
These are on my car now and all those stock washers Fit.
Are you following assembly according to the picture above?

 

^^^ wtf ok???

 

yea like #8 would only go down as far as after the threaded part when it gets wider and fatter?

 

You dont need #8 to go down any further than that.
That washer goes ontop of your dust boot.

 

would i have to cut my bumpstop if im using tein stechs 1.7 front and 1.5 drop in the back?

YUP the manuel tells you to!! didnt urs come with one??? O_o

 

Did you ever get this install done?

 

no not yet hopefully tmrw been real busy i jus remembered the tein springs came with papers and i looked at them today and say instructions on how much to cut the bumpstops for each car and for a 96-00 civic you would have to cut the bottom 2 round parts so i will try tmrw and keep u guys updated hopefully have pics too

 

Yeah, Just cut them in half, try and make the cut as straight as possible.
I have the same struts.
Any questions just report back.

 

for that amount of drop. no.

 

they are on but the height is uneven i drove the car for about 20 mins and the passenger side is higher then the drivers side? i did everything exactly on each and cut the bump stop like what the tein paper says

 

did you use the correct springs for the rear and front?

 

does any one use tokico blues on stock shock GC sleeves?