I have a 96 4 door, replacing my rear strut/spring. The lower fork on my new strut is 5mm too wide, is it ok to put some washers to fill the space or drill a 5mm thick metal as a shim?
or will it explode while i'm driving it?

 

take an impact gun to that bitch, it should pull it in.

 

5mm?!?!?!??? thats quite a bit to pull in.


And just a note to everyone, 96-00 EL rear struts are not compatible with EK rear struts, fronts are fine. I learnd this the hard way.

 

5mm is a hair more than 3/16 of an inch btw.

 

if you don't think it'll pull in, then get a bigger gun

 

Did you get struts for an EG?

 

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or will it explode while i'm driving it?</TD></TR></TABLE>

i had to use washers on a setup before cause there was a slight gap between the fork and the CA bushing. i installed the right thickness/dimension washers in there and have never had a problem with it since. i preferred doing that instead of trying to bend the forks in too much to fit the arm.