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Author Subject: bilstein b8/ eibach fitting noob questions
gtomi-6

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Post #26
just got miles to get me a set of these. i have also had the springs sat round for months. cant wait to get them on.

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Posted 10th Dec 2009 at 05:22
phillipm

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Post #27
andy+katie wrote:
acos205 wrote:
I fitted mine with full length bumpstops and ended up cutting them down as it looked as tho the front was sitting on them. Hope i did the right thing. Don't fancy stripping it all down again No


yeah i measured it with the bumpstops in full and it left 1.5 inch of travel before they touched it, and thats before the car is on the ground, and i suppose it will sink atleast a bit.


If they're the long foam-type bumpstops that's fine, they're designed to be able to run on them

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Posted 10th Dec 2009 at 06:56
rallye1999

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Post #28
can you get b8's for the rear, i can only find b6's?
Posted 10th Dec 2009 at 17:32
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Post #29
rallye1999 wrote:
can you get b8's for the rear, i can only find b6's?

They're the same Smile

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Posted 10th Dec 2009 at 18:19
buzzbrightyear

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Post #30
phillipm wrote:
andy+katie wrote:
acos205 wrote:
I fitted mine with full length bumpstops and ended up cutting them down as it looked as tho the front was sitting on them. Hope i did the right thing. Don't fancy stripping it all down again No


yeah i measured it with the bumpstops in full and it left 1.5 inch of travel before they touched it, and thats before the car is on the ground, and i suppose it will sink atleast a bit.


If they're the long foam-type bumpstops that's fine, they're designed to be able to run on them

wont it change the way they work though, not saying it will be bad just change the way the shocker was designed to work.?

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Posted 11th Dec 2009 at 04:19
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naah, they'll just come to a stop at the end of the travel a bit more abrupt.

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Posted 11th Dec 2009 at 04:56
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I tend to use the 205 Group N's on the back

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Posted 11th Dec 2009 at 06:06
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Post #33
How did they work?
Posted 9th Aug 2014 at 10:08
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Post #34
Excellent Smile

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Post #35
LOL
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