silversrtman

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Im in the process of installing Bilstein shocks and Hotchkis springs right now. I could not get the stock dust boot and bump stop (which also has a metal ring on the top of the boot) in with my spring compressors, so I just left it out. Is the bump stop necessary? It has a metal ring on the top, does that serve any purpose other than the dust boot? What I am saying is does it need to be there for the upper strut mount to sit on? Right now my upper strut mount is over the smaller threaded part of the shock piston and the bottom of it is on the part of the shock piston that gets bigger. To me it doesnt seem like enough? I could be wrong and I hope I am because I really dont want to take it back out of the car again. Heres how my shock is assembled

Upper strut mount sitting on the larger part of the shock piston
Spring
Spring isolator
Lower Spring mount

libertyforall1776

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You need to redo the job and put them in.


There are multiple styles of spring compressors out there, and I had much better luck with this one:


This one sucked:

silversrtman

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Can you explain why? I cant see your pictures btw

libertyforall1776

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The pictures are visible... Show me the front 4th Gen front shocks for handling that do not use bumpstops and dust boots. Phone Bilstein for ***** and giggles and let us know what they say, and if they will honor their warranty without them...