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Originally Posted by Matt7127
I just replaced my rear bilstein HD's with sports in my 82 SC and was wondering if I should've cut down the bump stops due to it being lowered. The car rides at euro height maybe a tad bit lower and I'm wondering if I might have issues. The car is still up in the air so it won't take much to get these out again. The old HD's had a thick rubber stop. The new Sports have what looks like a poly bushing and a rubber bump stop.
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I cut it down to about 1" of the big solid section and left 2 accordions on. Seems to work well even in racing applications. Before cutting it down caused a lot of oversteer as the shock bottomed out too early on the bumpstop. I think I got the recommendation off the Smart Racing website if it is still around?
I tried the progressive ones, but did not like them. Stayed with the modified bilstein setup as I describe above, plus its cheaper.