Testament Posted November 28, 2010 Share Posted November 28, 2010 I put new (lower) suspension in the 124 a year ago and it brought it down to only about 10-20mm off the bumpstops in the rear. It's okish on short drives/smooth roads/putting around town, but I'm planning on taking it on a decent road trip this summer so want to get a bit more travel in compression. It has 3 bumpstops, one of each side of the axle and one on the nose of the diff - they are all reasonably long, for the one of the diff nose I can probably trim it to gain another 20mm of so but the axle ones have big holes in them so not sure what to do. I'm thinking someone may know another vehicle that has a similar setup (escort maybe?) or if there is catalogue from some company that makes bumpstops where I might be able to find some similar but shorter bumpstops? main bumpstops diff nose Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Posted November 28, 2010 Share Posted November 28, 2010 Trim both and fill the two with windscreen sealant? Pretty haggard / I'd do it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjrstar Posted November 28, 2010 Share Posted November 28, 2010 The second one looks like it "could" be replaced with a rear mount from a KP starlet although they run a single M8 (i think) bolt up through the guts of them.. Could you just run a bump stop in the shock instead? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparkle Posted November 28, 2010 Share Posted November 28, 2010 energy suspension (fellas that do that one sticky'd in general) do a really sweet range of short ones. http://www.energysuspension.com/product ... stops.html You can get them through your local autolighn/BNT. If your local BNT draws a blank, get them to ring autolighn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jakesae101 Posted November 28, 2010 Share Posted November 28, 2010 id say that you could cut down those two outer ones pretty easy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Testament Posted November 28, 2010 Author Share Posted November 28, 2010 Yeah not liking the haggard option, from what I can see if I cut the axle ones I can only cut 5-10mm maybe. if I cut more they will no longer have any bumpstop function - and I don't want to stuff my spax shocks I brought back from the UK. Will have to peruse that catalogue, it looks like it might be the ticket. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drftnmaz Posted November 29, 2010 Share Posted November 29, 2010 you really need to test the travel of your shocks before you adjust your bumpstops, so take the springs and bumpstops out and let it down onto some blocks/ramps and measure where it bottoms out, then work backwards to figure new bumpstop height... that front one, just saw it off then use flapper disc on a grinder to reshape like new Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cletus Posted November 30, 2010 Share Posted November 30, 2010 if it was mine id leave the outer ones alone they look like they would compress a lot anyway, maybe trim a bit off the one in the middle, be careful not to cut too much off and have the driveshaft rub the floor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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