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Old 05-26-09, 01:43 PM
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Ok guys, im getting geared up to install my newly purchased TockicoBlue/Espiler Suspension combo, but i have a question. I also purchased a set of KYB strut bellows (boots) with bump stops, to put on them and protect them, yet i havent really seen any of the guys doing aftermarket suspension put the boots back on. Why is this, and also why have they been removing the bump stops? Is it just the cost that keeps ya'll from putting them back or other.
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My bumpstops disintegrated, but I did use the stock boots *shrug*. I'm on a KYB-AGX/Eibach setup.
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I put the stock boots and bumpstops back on my Tanabe/Tokico setup. The boots are kind of torn up though.
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My bumpstops disintegrated, but I did use the stock boots *shrug*. I'm on a KYB-AGX/Eibach setup.
Well being the roads are so horrible where i live, i want SOME cushion when the shocks are GOING to bottom out. So I need to put them back, i was just wondering why so many people dont put them back, just because?
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I put the stock boots and bumpstops back on my Tanabe/Tokico setup. The boots are kind of torn up though.
So def, at least put the boots, so why do they remove the bumpstops?
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Yeah, roads around here are in good condition, so I don't have to deal with bottoming out, and i have a minimal drop which allows for more suspension movement. I know that Jegs sells cut-to-fit bumpstops for fairly cheap.
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