bumpstops - Page 2

G2-0-0SX · May 22nd, 2003, 12:38 AM

kojima's garage sez to not cut more than one segment off, but I dunno exactly :-/. Also, can someone tell me, the Koni bumpstops, are they as soft as the stock ones, or are they a lil harder? I'm guessing if the shox bottom onto the bumpstops, the softer the bumpstops are, the bouncyer the ride will be?? can soemone help me out on this? thanx.

Greg200SE-R · May 22nd, 2003, 03:12 AM

I've had upgraded bumpstops on my suspension setup (Progress springs and AGXs) until tonight... Now I've got Tein coilovers!! Anyway, good urethane bumpstops will soften the bottoming quite a bit. In fact, I didn't even know I was bottoming when I first bought the car because I always thought it would be accompanied by an unmistakable thud and impact when it happened. They will not affect your ride until you bottom out on them. And if you do, they help a great deal with the impact. Less severity of bumpsteer is another advantage. They are a good investment.

Neil · May 22nd, 2003, 08:27 AM

pics greg pics!!!! i wanna see the tein's on your car man.

PatScottAKA99XE · May 23rd, 2003, 08:00 AM

Its not a question of what you can to to avoid a bouncy ride with lowering springs. Like I have said a million times..Lowering springs suck on a B14 no matter how you slice it. If you really wanna run lowering springs to need to get the Motivational shortend dampers, but for the price of those you can buy a real suspension.

Greg200SE-R · May 29th, 2003, 12:31 PM

I know this isn't the place for this, but Neil, here's my car on Teins

Haven't bottomed yet after some hard driving (not in competition though) so hopefully I'll never feel the bumpstops on them!

200SEX · May 31st, 2003, 01:40 AM

nice ride greg! damn! i'm going to look for these teins or whatever because i have tech 5 springs (generic) and stock struts... my rear shocks bottom ALL the time! it sux... even little @ss bumps in the road make that creaking sound, grrr!!! .... nice ride greg! haha

Neil · May 31st, 2003, 02:20 AM

hot digity damn that looks sick Greg! Do you have an estimate of how low you have the car in that pic?

Oh also did you have to buy shortened bump stops with the Tein's or did they include some or did you just cut your stockers?

looks like you have a good camera too, unless that just Hawaii

Greg200SE-R · May 31st, 2003, 04:13 AM

Thanks for your comments guys! I'm pretty happy with the way my car came out with the Teins - the ride, the handling, and the looks too. The car has about 3/4" gap between the tire and wheel well in front and just a touch less than that in back. I mysteriously began scraping my front bumper on my own damn driveway though, I think it's a bit too low in front now! I may raise it up a little in a few weeks, after I'm confident the springs have stopped settling. Anyway, the Teins came with their own bumpstops Neil, and I hope they are never put to use!

Hawaii scenery tends to compliment pictures well, no matter what the subject! I snuck away from work to take that picture... no wonder why the phone service around here sucks so bad! (I work for verizon)

Hey 200SEX, your username is great! Why didn't I think of that one? If you can afford them, Teins are the best deal around on coilovers, great comfort and handling, and more suspension travel. The new Tein Basics are the cheapest full coilover set out, but with no damping adjustment. The SS, what I have, is a lot cheaper than all the other coilovers for our cars. Highly recommended, but getting yourself some good struts would also help your bottoming problem as well as the Motivational engineering rear upper mounts. Good luck man and thanks again for your comments.

IXLR8se-r · Jun 1st, 2003, 08:40 PM

i'm sure this has been beat into the ground like crazy but i've just started looking around for suspension. I dont feel like spending A LOT of money. I saw the Tein S-Tech springs on ebay for $140, they lower 2.4 in the front and 1.5 in the rear.. is this too much? along with those i was going to get KYB GR-2's, and the koni bumpstops.. brings my suspension bill to a grand total of $453.38 including shipping. is there anything wrong with this setup, i dont' see a lot of chatter about the S-tech springs. thanks.