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Originally Posted by Malice101
Thanks Lek...still a bit confused  If I remove the shock will it make it self evident (on the shock body)? Or is it up in a chassis cavity that's accessible after the shock is removed?
Here is the exploded view of our Honda fit shock:
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yes its the first part going down after the 2nd # 6.
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Originally Posted by Malice101
Thanks again Lek...I pulled the shock and figured it out. What a royal pain. Now I know why Niko was frustrated. A solid bushing of the same length that simply slides over the threads would do the same damned thing. Why they made it a spilt unit and crimped it is beyond me.
I took a couple of pictures and I'll post them in the morning....
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yes it was a pain in the but. glad i don't have to do it again.
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Originally Posted by 09 Fit
All of this debate seems pointless. Bump stops are not in play for normal driving and will not affect ride in any way.
The bump stops only purpose is to keep the axel (front suspension) from slamming into the frame when you hit a hard bump. The rubber stop simply absorbs some of the impact so that you don't feel like your teeth are being knocked loose when you bottom out.
When you put a shorter traveling shock and or spring you need to cut some off so that you don't hit the bump stop on smaller bumps. Off road people raise their vehicles with longer shocks and springs and also have to put in bump stop spacers or new spacers. We lower our cars so we need shorter bump stops.
Bump stop height depends on how far up and down the suspension is allowed to travel in respect to the frame. Pretty simple. Follow the manufactures instructions they have done the testing for you.
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you do make a good point. so we can just say however much your drop is
suppose to be thats how much bump stop you cut off.
my drop is 1.5 and 1.2
i cut 1.5 both front and back so it pretty much matches up.
it's a good rule to go by.
+rep sir