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01-29-2011, 04:49 PM
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will it rub?? Pic added Just got my strano springs and konis in.. well my rear bump stop is sitting against the tire with the car on jack stands... will it end up rubbing while driving? I know the suspension is at its max on the stands just wondering if it will actually hit that point driving?
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01-29-2011, 07:51 PM
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im running BMR springs with konis with a 275 in the rear. I also have an adjustable panhard bar. It rubbed on very hard cornering and everytime it would, it would grab causing the tire to spin slower and really shift the car around. It ended up just rubbing abit on the innter fender well. A 3lbs mini sledge cured all problems 
01-29-2011, 09:49 PM
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im running BMR springs with konis with a 275 in the rear. I also have an adjustable panhard bar. It rubbed on very hard cornering and everytime it would, it would grab causing the tire to spin slower and really shift the car around. It ended up just rubbing abit on the innter fender well. A 3lbs mini sledge cured all problems
01-30-2011, 10:03 AM
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They are 315's. I'm gonna wait to go hammer crazy as I just redid all the rear suspension and something might be out of wack. I'll put up pics later of how its hitting with the suspension hanging.
01-30-2011, 10:23 AM
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To answer your question, no in most normal driving it would not unload and hit the bump stop. You would have to just about get the car airborne to unload the suspension to the point where the wheel, or tire, would catch the bump stop mount.
I was in the same position, as were many others on this board. What I did was shave down the mounts on the chassis to just about where the nuts are for the bump stop. I removed the aluminum spacer, and had a machine shop shave the profile of the bump stop down to where the wheel would clear it while the car was jacked up.
Best pic I have
You could also try buying an after market bump stop that is smaller, after shaving down the mount. None of this is absolutely necessary, it only assures you that when a shop puts the car on a lift, and the suspension unloads, they won't gouge up the inside of your rims.
I was in the same position, as were many others on this board. What I did was shave down the mounts on the chassis to just about where the nuts are for the bump stop. I removed the aluminum spacer, and had a machine shop shave the profile of the bump stop down to where the wheel would clear it while the car was jacked up.
Best pic I have
You could also try buying an after market bump stop that is smaller, after shaving down the mount. None of this is absolutely necessary, it only assures you that when a shop puts the car on a lift, and the suspension unloads, they won't gouge up the inside of your rims.
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01-30-2011, 04:38 PM
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Just got my strano springs and konis in.. well my rear bump stop is sitting against the tire with the car on jack stands... will it end up rubbing while driving? I know the suspension is at its max on the stands just wondering if it will actually hit that point driving?
You're actually catching less than i was. I used an angle grinder to grind the mount back to just about the point where I started get close to the threaded portion of the two nuts. I left enough material to allow the bolts to still hold the bump stop on.
As I said previously, I had a machine shop reduce the profile of the bump stop, to a little more than half it's original width (flush with the ground back mount).
