Guest jesselc Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 Got myself a real cheap pair of mk1 mirage shocks off trademe, went to put them in just before and holy mother fuck are they short, which is perfect because they'll be captive buuuut bump stops seem to be kissing each other with them in. is it legal to take an angle grinder to them provided it's reasonably tidy? and if not, where can i buy shorter ones/get someone to make some? Chur. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest durty Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 use a bread knife to cut them down, not 100% legal but if it looks neat enough you will get away with it angle grinder will make a mess of them usually Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Borgweiser Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 Go down the road to Extreme, they have a bunch of bumpies.. Otherwise use durty's suggestion, angle grinder good for making smoke and fire Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest UTERUS Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 Cutting aint legal. But, I've had success with cutting them down with a hacksaw and making them look pretty again with a flap disc on the grinder. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Beaver Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 Ive cut plenty down and never had WOF issues. Just make sure they look tidy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BZG-Bling Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 Does it sit on the bump stops full time now? I can see the merits of trimming them to get more travel (works good). But if you have no travel now, unless you have maaaassive bump stops, I can't see if ending up with a safe amount of travel. I can just see it ending up on bump stops erryday when loaded up / going over bumps. Which is bad news at the best of times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Yowzer Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 You have to make them progressive (ie not flat cut), so just shape them into a dome with the flapperwheel once you've cut them and she's all good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest glen Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 Wasnt there a part number on here somewhere for brand new slimline bump stops ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest 4AG_Addict Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 Check out the Bump Stop catalogue on Mount Shop website & try match something up http://www.mountshop.co.nz/SearchByProduct.asp?FirstSusp=N&Sub_Group=999&catsearch=Y&master_group=3 BNT are resellers for this stuff if you don't have Mount Shop local. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Seedy Al Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 yeah the mount shop do them and so do BNT slash autoline but it totally depnds on the bump stop style we are talking here I cut mine all the time only had a problem after I got a pink sticker and vtnz had a mare. just bought some slim 10mm ones and all was gravy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jesselc Posted April 11, 2013 Share Posted April 11, 2013 sweet cheers fellas, hacked them up, shocks fit but at full extend the car is at 110mm :/ sheeeiiiiit but then again it's all legal-ish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Yowzer Posted April 11, 2013 Share Posted April 11, 2013 Lewl 110mm. Plenty more drop to go. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest cute wee gem Posted April 11, 2013 Share Posted April 11, 2013 I passed cert with 12-15mm flat bump stop that was cut down with angle grinder and sanded smooth with bench/belt sander Far from progressive lols Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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