just picked up a new Gmax kit and it says to trim the bumpstops by 200mm (20cm in old money lol).. Is this the case or just ignore it and fit them straight up?..

Mk4 escort btw

 

20 mm would be more like it

 

thts it.. to mamy 0's lol

 

I have personally never bothered on all my cars and have not had a problem. However if the kit says to do it, you don't and crash and die, then at least GMAX won't be responsible

 

i hadnt planned on the second part anyway, so what hell lets bung em on

 

Ive only ever heard of cutting the bump stops to make the car lower......

 

bump stops in them selfs will not make a car any lower..

 

Surely on coilovers wound all the way to sitting on the bumpstops, cutting them would make it lower? or able to go lower...

 

We have to remember that the body of the damper maybe 20mm longer so cutting the bump stop 20mm will only really allow the wheel to move to the same point in its travel as it would normally , just a thought

 

My mate fitted a set of g-max shock and springs to his ecsort gti and in the instructions it said to trim the bumpstops but he didnt bother and a week later they were smashed to bits and he had to fit new ones

mark.

 

So cut/dont cut??..If cut what part of the stop gets cut?.

 

yes with COILOVERS they wound prevent the car from going lower. but as i said "bupmstops in them selfs will not lower a car"

 

no but surely if they are a standard bumpstops and lowered sus? then they would stop it lowering to its full potential?

also chris if cutting then i would cut base down

 

right its this kit and its going on a 4door mk4

http://www.gmaxsuspension.co.uk/gmax...2_p1250597.htm

 

well you may not need to cut them chris as your car standard suspension is softer then a rs turbo standard suspension in the first place

 

Well ive got a set of spare stops so will dig out the siccorss and have a play.. failing that they'll be up for sale midweek lol

 

Whenever I have cut bumpstops , always cut the solid end , as the other end is shaped to produce a rising rate as it is compressed therefore not being a solid stop so to speak .

 

would poly bushes do the job oppose to cutting the originals?

 

if poly bush do the bump stops you might still need to cut them so the length is correct for the body length and the required wheel position when the bump stops start to come into effect .