I'm thinking that I may need to go in and cut mine. But it's going to be a pain cuz I have only normal hand tools, so I'd rather not take apart my suspension. Will cutting the bumpstops help smooth out the ride a lot?

 

Howie,

ONLY if you are bottoming out on the bump stops. Basically, you have install them and figure out if your bad ride quality is from the bumpstops, spring rate, shock bottoming out, or other suspension travel issues.

If your bumpstops are the problem, you will tend to hit a bump, and then at a certain level of travel, suddenly feel the car hammer down like the tires fell off. If that is the case, you need to be VERY careful modifying the stock bumps. They are made for safety so that your strut doesn't over compress and fail. When this happens, you will usually experience some damage. You are lucky if it doesn't explode and instead just springs a leak.

MW

 

thanks for the advice! maybe i'll just leave it it's actually not too bad unless i hit a really big uneven dip (not talking about the dips in intersections nor potholes, but just large parts of uneven pavement like on some freeways)

anyone else with input?

 

Cripes, I wouldn't cut those if I were you. They help prevent you from rubbing the tires in the wheel well.