Hi Guys,

I am going to have my springs installed tomorrow at a shop and I am quite excited but worried at the same time.

I have a 2009 Fit Sport and I have some questions regarding the bump stops in the rear.

My question is: Is it necessary to remove the bumpstops in the rear? If It is, can I just remove it completely and not trim it?

The reason I dont want to trim it is because someone on the board mentioned that if I ever wanted to go back to stock, Honda does not sell bumpstops by itself but rather the WHOLE UNIT (which will cost an arm and a leg).

So what are my options?

1. Remove bumpstops completely and no bumpstops for the rear?
2. leave the bumpstops as it is and dont trim?
3. Trim it and sell blood for the whole units if i ever wanted to go back to stock?

Btw, since no one was intersted in my pro-kit..i am installing the eibach pro-kit tmr.

thanks for the help everyone!

 

cut them and save the pieces you cut off.
does not matter if your bump stop is one piece or 2 smaller pieces.

 

thanks! this board has been so helpful!

 

yah wat tork said.

you definitely need bumpstops in there after trimmed.

 

getting to the bumpstops was a beeyotch for me. i followed the stickied DIY and getting that damn metal sleeve to let go was no breeze. i eventually clamped the damn shock and used a hammer and chisel to lightly open the darn thing up. i was careful though, so no damage.

 

This is not advice and I recommend you follow Eibach's instructions...but I have yet to remove the rear bumpstops on mine with the Eibach Prokit. I did cut the Front bumpstops though. I drive mostly Interstate and quite often hit bumps at high speeds and have yet to bottom out. That was my choice to not mess with them though and I'm not recommending you to do the same, lol.

 

so i had my eibach prokit installed today. the drop is pretty significant. the installer told me that honda has a stupid design for the rear suspension and the front as well-

the front..the suspenstion unit can only be tighten up with a wrench manually and not a torque gun..because there isnt enough room on the top (after you remove the plastic black thing) to insert the gun there to tighten it...

in the rear..the way the springs are designed...so dangerous in my opinion. only the top and bottom part is "holding" the spring in place..sort of like a sandwich...which means...if the spring gets old and compresses a lot..then it iwll fall out because its not pushing back against the top and bottom plate thingy that holds it in place.

and the rear unit, only one bolt holds that plate in holding the spring. so dangerous!

ok. venting over.

 

That's correct, but you should never use a wrench gun to tighten things down anyway. After a few days re-check the nuts on the top of the struts and rear bolts.

That's a good idea, then if you need to go back to stock just super glue them back together.

 

The design of the suspension on the Fit is very simular to many cars. There is nothing unusual about the rear spring being "sandwiched" the way it is and only being held by one bolt on the rear. That is common and has proved to be reliable over the years. The strut bolts that you are refering to with tightining with an impact wrench should not be tightned with an impact (torque gun). They should be manually tightened and manually torqued. I always do mine manually, then check them a few days later, then mark them with paint so I can visually inspect them later.