Bilstein shocks (rear) - delete thing?
 

Hello!
To finish up my chassi update, I today received my Bilstein B6 shocks (24-009751).

I was told to delete this "thingy"... what is it supposed to to, if kept?
Or is it just for transportation purpose?

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here's mor pics of the pair just for fun as they are so new and bright :D
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Spacer for the bump stop. If you are at 'euro height' or less then leave it out. -J

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ah, OK. makes sence.

I'm 1cm below euro ;-)

You will have less shock travel if you keep it. I think I threw mine out and cut the bump stop 'accordion bumper'. But my car is very low.

What you can do is remove your old shocks and measure the bump stop material on them. If your shock travel is good right now, reassemble with the new shocks with the same amount of bump stop material. If you want a little more travel, either remove the big thing you are pointing at, cut the large top off of the bump stops off at the groove or both.

I would probably at least throw the big stop you are pointing at, away.

I would put it in the file labeled "crap can."

OK, thanks

Don't mean to change the topic of your thread Flojo, but I'm getting ready to replace my rear Bilsteins also and it looks like the passenger's side rear is a real pain to get access. Any tricks to replacing that one? Thanks.

Matt

SoCal:

I replaced my shocks with the engine out making it rather easy --- however --- I would suggest that you pull the heater tubes FIRST so that you can see the bolt to hold the shock in place. From there, with the rear of the car in the air - I am sure that you will be able to do this job in about 30 minutes. I know these bolts have nylon thread locking in them, but I added a bit of lock-tight red to be "extra" sure that they weren't going to be departing their rightful position after they were hit with a torque wrench.

Dumb question: Why does bilstien use yellow some times, and green in others?

Is that associated to the different dampening properties (ie: stock/base model versus "sport" model)?

Matt, its all easy even with the airbox in the way.

For removal, give the nut some sosking time with wd40/caramba.
I was lucky, as it came right off.

For installing, the allen grip of the Bilstein makes it easy and you can secure it from top.

My swap took 20min both together.

Oh that's encouraging. I reached back there and thought it was going to be a nightmare with visions of removing the CIS and all. Thanks again and I'll let you know how it goes.

As for the other question, I have no idea why the new Bilsteins are yellow. I bought a slightly used set from another Pelican and they're green housings. Go figure.

Bilstein "Yellow" = Sport

Bilstein "Green" = HD

Which is stiffer, sport or HD?

I believe Sports are stiffer.

Sports are, and HD's are stiff as hell as well.