Bump stops???

[87e30]

billys do.. i think.. no idea about konis

Oh... well in that case. touche. Good for you.

I'm pretty sure my springs are too stiff to bottom out the strut anyways though. I hope.

[Stephen]

billys do.. i think.. no idea about konis

[87e30]

i dont have konis, they are none of my concern

Then why did you mention them or say anything about internal bumpstops? I'm confused! bastard!

[Stephen]

i dont have konis, they are none of my concern

[87e30]

BUt you have konis, and those dont sound like internal bumpstops to me..

Who said anything about internal bumpstops? Are you saying Koni's have them... I didn't know that?

i could have sworn sombody sold "clip on" bump stops. They look like little "C" shaped things that you would slide around the rod on the shock and you could stack them to make it whatever size you need

I suppose you could just get a regular one and cut a slit in it and stretch it out and around yourself.

[Tuck&Poke]

i could have sworn sombody sold "clip on" bump stops. They look like little "C" shaped things that you would slide around the rod on the shock and you could stack them to make it whatever size you need

[Stephen]

BUt you have konis, and those dont sound like internal bumpstops to me..

[87e30]

Well hellabad on r3v , who works for GC, said you can cut the billy bumpstops about one third. He has a little pic showing where to cut but how to get to the bumpstop inside the strut is beyond me. Maybe im overthinking it.

You're definitely over thinking it man.

I do'tt run them. Probably should.


It's literally just the strut shaft, with a little piece of rubber that slides around it. Kind of like a washer, but rubber and thicker. Cutting it in half just makes it less tall so the strut can compress farther. It still slides on and sits there just like normal. To take it off the strut, cut it, and put it back on, it would probably take you 47 seconds.

[Stephen]

Well hellabad on r3v , who works for GC, said you can cut the billy bumpstops about one third. He has a little pic showing where to cut but how to get to the bumpstop inside the strut is beyond me. Maybe im overthinking it.

[dinanm3atl]

OOOO i seee what you did there LOL but isnt that what dampers are made for? or they only help a little? can you put bump stop in the rear shocks?

Dampeners? Those are the shocks

bump stop protects the shock from full compression.

[TRiCC]

OOOO i seee what you did there LOL but isnt that what dampers are made for? or they only help a little? can you put bump stop in the rear shocks?

[dinanm3atl]

Sure you can. I am having a brain fart but it is either Bilstein or Koni that says transfer your OEM bumpstop to their shock and trim it down XX measurement...

Maybe that is the Koni's that come with Dinan springs. I forget.

[Stephen]

Has anyone cut thier e30 bumpstops? i know you can, and i wanna, i could use the travel.

[dinanm3atl]

any one care to describe to me what bump stops are and how to use them? thanks

The picture shows what it is.

The point is to protect the shock from full compression. So a large highway dip and such. Bottoming out the shock is not good for the shock absorber. It is designed to work in a certain range of motion to operate properly.

Similar to the suspension on a speaker/sub. Don't want the voice coil bottoming out either.

[SeanDub]

The piece on the shaft of the strut. Protects against full compression