1600power
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Following on from my previous topic i need to know how the hell u put bumpstops on the rear suspension?!?
Cant track anything down thats been posted before so does any1 care to explain?!
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Siberia
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take out the shock or drop it so ya can get the bumpstop over the the shock piston
[Edited on 19-06-2004 by Siberia]
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Kris TD
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remove the shocks from the car.
remove the top part that covers the piston, remove the standard vauxhall ones and replace with new ones, then put it all back together.
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Siberia
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here i took some pics cos i need to do this myself
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Kris TD
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yep thats it, piece of piss to do, unless you have after market shocks like i do then i had to cut the covers off then weld them back on.
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Siberia
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do ya have to cut the covers off? feck i have FK shocks on the rear
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Kris TD
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the covers werent removeable on my rear shocks, they are on standard vauxhall ones though.
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Siberia
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whats the biggest bumpstops ya can put on the rear
my wheels were hitting the inner arch when i had the car down lowish
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Kris TD
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you dont want them too big or it will riase the car up, think mine are 8cm long. but are powerflex ones , not like the vaux foam ones which compress loads.
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Siberia
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i was chatting to a lad i know with another corsa lowered down -60 there last week and his car is so low that i couldnt get me finger between the back tyre and the back wheel arch
he said he never gets rubbing. hes using a cobra lowering kit.
now my car is not THAT low and its on fk highsports and i still get rubbing on the back over the bumps.
strange! pissing me off!
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Kris TD
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quote:
Originally posted by Siberia
i was chatting to a lad i know with another corsa lowered down -60 there last week and his car is so low that i couldnt get me finger between the back tyre and the back wheel arch
he said he never gets rubbing. hes using a cobra lowering kit.
now my car is not THAT low and its on fk highsports and i still get rubbing on the back over the bumps.
strange! pissing me off!
yes mine is also that low, the tyre is inside the arch and i can carry a full car ie 5 people and get no rubbing what so ever, i have 16's now but when i had 17's it was the same.
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Siberia
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i'll get some of them powerflex bumpstops and see what its like then
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