i was onto the last steps on my shock/spring install, and since i paid attention to detail and looked things over, i noticed that on my original OEM front shocks that i took out, they did'nt have bumpstops??? i could not believe it, but somewhere along the lines of the 1st original owner, someone must of taken them out or something?
so, my question is, do i need bumpstops in the front shocks? i assume i do since it shows them in the parts diagram for a front shock absorber, plus i don't want to ruin my new shocks by bottoming them out, but i just thought i would make sure, cause some people said you only need bumpstops with really lowered cars? but the new springs i got are only H&R OE which are only .75" drop, which is barely even a drop, so would i still need them? this is the last question and then i can move on, thanks

 

Always.

At the very least cut the height of the bumpstop in half with a razor.

You never know when you are going to find that pothole in the road.

 

Any time you use soft springs with a lower ride height (such as H&R OE), you will need bump stops to protect the dampers from bottoming out. You should always have bump stops on there.

I have bump stops on all 4 corners of my car, and I am even using 600 lbs-in spring rates. I don't want to take any chance of damaging my Konis.

 

Even if its only a .75" drop I'd still prefer to have bumpstops in there. Personally I think you should have them because they were there with the factory springs and thats 0" drop right?

 

ok, i kind of figured you needed them, i just wanted to ask to make sure,

and yeah the bumpstops were on the old stock rear struts and i put them on the new rears struts, but for some reason the front stock struts did'nt have any bumpstops at all when i took them out, but now i guess i will have to buy them, and it also might explain why i have had such a rough bumpy ride all this time.

i'm still curious where they went, cause the old stock shocks i took out had the part number starting with SH-...... like a honda part, so they looked like the original shocks, so they should of had the bumpstops on, its like someone took them out for some reason? maybe a dumb mechanic? who knows


Modified by crxaddikt at 11:52 AM 7/2/2004

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by -TJ &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Always.

At the very least cut the height of the bumpstop in half with a razor.

You never know when you are going to find that pothole in the road.</TD></TR></TABLE>