I was looking at my car today and I realized I'm sitting on the bumpstops on 3 corners. Now the front will be easy to remove and cut or replace, but the back is a bitch and a half. Would a cerrated knife or boxcutter be enough to take a piece off the bumpstops, or am I really gonna have to dismantle my whole suspension again? Lemme know asap, this issue will kill my shocks asap w/the added spring rate...
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Originally posted by lordoja -
It would probably be better to take it all apart. The bumpstop material is fairly difficult to cut with an exacto knife (hacksaw worked best for me). I would imagine trying to cut the bumpstops from between the coils to be even harder. -
yeah it's hard to cut the bumpstop when it's under the METAL dust cover. you'll need to take the whole thing out, unless you don't have the dust cover.
if you don't you can cut it while it's on the shock. use a hacksaw lilke yk86 said. you can use a hand saw too. it's not that hard!Comment
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I know the shaft is made from like uber hypertanium never fail cause of the lawsuits steel, but somehow I don't feel comfortable going at the shaft with a hacksaw. I'll just take the damn things apart.
Originally posted by lordojaComment
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I sort of meant using the hacksaw after you take it apart. I wouldn't want to do it on the strut either. The rears aren't so bad if you get used to it. It's just ripping out the trim after flipping down the seat that's a bit of a hassle. I wish the 4th gen and up models had the thing like the 3rd gens where you just flip down the seat and take off the strut tower cover. A 14mm socket with wobble extension made removing the two bolts for the top mount very easy last time I did the 4th gen.Comment
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Amen to the wobble extension! The first time I didn't have one of these, ended up crawling into the trunk and had to hand turn it with a wrench about 1600 times... god why do they make those bolts thread count so high
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No way, I rip shit up with the trim all the time...the absolute worst part of the rears is lining up the fork with the hole; prob. cause my rear OEM shocks are weird like that. Everything is snug.Originally posted by YK86
And yea I agree with the ratchet extender kudos; no joke I really think I can replace a front shock in under an hour...MAAAAAAAAAD easy.
Originally posted by lordojaComment
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Oh, the bottom hole is easy for me probably because of all the aftermarket stuff (lots of free play to twist the strut body, easy to move the strut fork up and down). A pry bar or big flathead helps alot though if you can't get it aligned (twist the handle). Once I get it through the hole and bushing, I twist the strut and lightly hammer the bolt to "catch" the rear nut hole.Comment
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ok well yea first off the back is the easiest to take apart.....second.....don't try to cut the bumpstops while it still under the car lol. 3rd...well it should only take u maybe 2 hours to take apart all four corners and cut the bumpstops. have funComment
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On my back struts, the "nut" that holds the bolt is welded onto the shock, and the hole on the other side is super small, so it's pretty much an aggravating experience...the fronts are childs' play though.
Originally posted by lordojaComment
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