Ok, so I was assembling my Ground Control coilovers with Tokico Illuminas to go on my CRX the other day and it was kind of bothering me that I had to remove almost all of the original dust boot. This is not a BIG deal but I really would feel much better if I had some kind of protection for the shaft area of the shock. After all, they are not the cheapest shocks out there and I want them to last a good long time. So….I decided to make my own dust boots for them. Check it out…..it’s quite simple….
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too much spare time man!!

 

i think you took this way beyond "some kind" of protection.

 

will it last though, won't it fall apart, they aren't exactley the strongest things.

 

they are quite strong, but perhaps not if they've already been punctured.

props for creativity though. It gave me a laugh.

 

haha..thats great! Let us know how they hold up.

better trojan then durex

 

you shoulda used magnums XL..

 

Yea, yea I know. But I still felt like the man buying some LARGE Trojans...

I actually doubled them up so there are two on each shock (8 used total). I cut a small slit in the tip of the latex to fit around the top part of the shaft, then strected them over what was left of the original dust boot and pulled them down to the shock body. There is a little lip around the top of the shock body which retains them quite well. When you put the top of the shock assembly back on the rubber bushing on the underside pinches the latex between itself and the top of the original dust boot, which should hold it pretty good. The condoms are not really under much tension even with the shock fully extended, so they will be even less so when the shocks are on the car and compressed a bit. It's safe suspension......

 

hey thats pretty ingenious, use lambskin condoms, you sure as hell dont want to have unprotected suspension.

 

don't they try to balloon out when the suspension compresses? " hey baby watch this... blowfish!" "oh my!"

 

Hey, that's what I use!

...in the distant background Beavis and Butthead are laughing their asses off....

Seriously, that is a great idea!

 

Funny

 

pretty nasty, but funny. alwell if it works then it works.





[Modified by mysiqu, 8:18 PM 11/8/2002]

 

Yeah man, that was the idea. It's just Latex,ya know? It's functional....and functional is beautiful....

Actually, I will be puttings these on the car this weekend. I will see how it goes after a few days of hard driving and report back. I really think they will work just fine...


[Modified by ccjb100, 4:08 PM 11/8/2002]

 

LOL

 

Thats a fu*king good idea, I guess have to start stocking condoms in the shop when we do coilovers we can use them

 

haha

 

looks to me that it would fall about but thad be hott if it works let us know

 

Take those things off. They don't hold up to grease and heat well.
They will probably cause you more trouble than they're worth.

 

Thats a great idea! Like some said i dunno if they will last though. I mean I figure that they will dry out pretty quick.

 

are there magnums and magnum xl`s? i sometimes use magnums....
not for my shocks tho

 

wellk that means he now has to go and get some lubricant also and keep them lubricated.. jejejejeje

 

i think there just going to cause more trouble then helping any....but damn if they actually do hold up! y not

 

LOL.......

 

very creative