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Old January 24th 2003, 12:10
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Question koni red bumpstops

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Ive got some koni reds for my torsion beam bug. The problem is that the car is lowered quite a bit and as a result the konis are very near (read on!! ) the bumpstop when fitted to the car which isnt gonna do the handling any good. Has anyone else shortened the bump stop?? at the moment its about 3inches!!! i was gonna take it down to about 1.
i cannot see as it would hurt as ive been running the stock shocks with no bumpstop at all for 4 months now. I dont really want dropped spindles as i dont like them.
i would be grateful for any help guys
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Old January 24th 2003, 13:33
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Adam, they can be shortened a little bit safely. Or, replace them with a shorter bump stop of a harder type of rubber, most any piece of hard rubber with a hole in it would do. I did it with a pair of 968 yellow Koni's on the front of my Single Cab. Just make sure they -never- bottom out and damage the valving/adjusting mechanism down in the shock.

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Old January 24th 2003, 13:54
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so they can be shortened to suit my requirements just dont go wild?? 3 inches of bumpstop does seem to be a bit much. Ill do it down to about 1 i think, ill check when i fit em, just didnt want to damage em,
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