Bump stop questions

[541NTT]

ahh, but you might notice in his photos that Arith had coilovers in his car when he had the bump stops cut

and its pretty low in liberty standards, i guess when i did mine i figured i was fitting lowering springs to shocks that had seen 100,000 klms with no love, so worst that could happen is i would need to replace them sooner, or install coilovers sooner with my bump stops cut ive still had my car bottom out and with 19s it doesnt do any damage or scrub as far as i can tell, and i cut my bumpstops a few months back.

[jdm rsk]

at the end of the day im sure all lowering springs will wear your shocks quicker as youl be working them out alot more, i have experienced the jarring feeling you speek of and i cut 2/3s of my bumpstops out and it is much better, i highly recommend you do it.

besides, if such a pretty car like ariths has them cut then im sure it cant hurt

there is a difference between wearing them out and put the shaft through the bottom or top of the shock casing. i guess they where not put there nothing

[Arith]

If you do find the ride of your lowered Liberty unbearable, I would also recommend cutting the rear bump stops, if only by a little bit, to restore a bit of ride comfort. As 541NTT said, either way stock shocks are on their way to a premature trip to shock heaven anyway once you lower the car. Otherwise I've seen aftermarket JDM bump stops that are shorter and stronger than stock ones.

[WhiteGTB]

In the land of the rising sun, there is a part for everything

[541NTT]

at the end of the day im sure all lowering springs will wear your shocks quicker as youl be working them out alot more, i have experienced the jarring feeling you speek of and i cut 2/3s of my bumpstops out and it is much better, i highly recommend you do it.

besides, if such a pretty car like ariths has them cut then im sure it cant hurt

there is a difference between wearing them out and put the shaft through the bottom or top of the shock casing. i guess they where not put there nothing

the rear struts still have another bumpstop inthe strut itself to stop this from happening.

[tangcla]

Otherwise I've seen aftermarket JDM bump stops that are shorter and stronger than stock ones.

Wrong way to go about it, for comfort reasons. Better to get longer and softer ones, which have a more compressive spring rate and will absorb much more dampening. You'll get a more supple ride.

[smythie]

at the end of the day im sure all lowering springs will wear your shocks quicker as youl be working them out alot more, i have experienced the jarring feeling you speek of and i cut 2/3s of my bumpstops out and it is much better, i highly recommend you do it.

besides, if such a pretty car like ariths has them cut then im sure it cant hurt

there is a difference between wearing them out and put the shaft through the bottom or top of the shock casing. i guess they where not put there nothing

the rear struts still have another bumpstop inthe strut itself to stop this from happening.

Both front and rear do - that is what I was referring to on the previous page. You'll be hitting the internal bump stop before the chassis bump stop. It's the way they're designed. Not sure however that you'll punch the inner rod out of the bottom of the shock though even without bump stops

[sheppo9]

but its when both wheels hit the bump at the same time that breaks my back.

My car (albeit a Gen III, but same suspension design) does this and i've cut the bump stops till theres about a 1/3 of them left...
And its only on decent sized bumps when going over 60 km/h.

hey sheepo
how are you mate? just wondering about cutting the bump stops. are you running bilsteins? just curious as i dont want to damage the shock if it bottoms out and did you do the fronts also

shane

Hey Shane,
Good, hows all your bits going? Brembo's make me jealous...

No Bilsteins, got Tein Flex's a while ago now (maybe a year?), so I can wind down the strut body, but keep the spring height and shock travel the same.

[541NTT]

Both front and rear do - that is what I was referring to on the previous page. You'll be hitting the internal bump stop before the chassis bump stop. It's the way they're designed. Not sure however that you'll punch the inner rod out of the bottom of the shock though even without bump stops

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not in the rear for the libs, you definitly hit the chasis bump stops before the strut BS, if you see pics of my car before the kit when i had it lowerred it was pretty down there and i had to cut the chasis bumps as it was sitting on them, but i know i wasnt on the strut bumpstops yet because the ride was still nice in the back, the front is a different story