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Old Jan 12, 2006 | 04:08 AM
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what do you do with the bump stop/dust cover? it doesnt fit inside the spring!
these are the 12 way coilovers. any help would be great. thanks
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Old Jan 13, 2006 | 02:25 AM
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never mind i figured it out
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Old Jan 18, 2006 | 06:14 PM
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did you use hal springs? I am trying to figure out how the lower part of the spring fits in the stock rubber seat? did you have to modify anything?
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Old Jan 19, 2006 | 05:58 AM
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[QUOTE=Red95Formula]did you use hal springs? I am trying to figure out how the lower part of the spring fits in the stock rubber seat? did you have to modify anything?
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mine are coilovers with qa1 springs. so the bottom part sits on the adjuster nut of the strut.
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Old Jan 19, 2006 | 06:12 AM
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yes, it should be spring, washer,adj. nut, and lock nut, and the top will go into top mount like stock.
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Old Jan 19, 2006 | 03:13 PM
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how did you get the dust cover to fit inside the hal spring?
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did not use it
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yeah, i ended up just not using it either.
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i cut the dust cover off then seperated the rubber bumb stop from the metal part then put the rubber part on the strut. then i sliped the metal part between the coils then put it back together in the spring. i figure i should have the bump stop right?
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