How can I tell if I have front Bilsteins?

[frickendom]

How can I tell if I have front Bilsteins?

[frickendom]

Errr... is that a stupid question?...

[frickendom]

My front looks like this... http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...e/IMG_0245.jpg It has the blue shock thinghy... Does that mean its bilsteins?

[KenC]

We need to see the shaft.

[frickendom]

We need to see the shaft.

Excuse me? Can you be more specific?

[gp.plus]

Lift the blue rubber to expose the shaft and take a pic.

[Yngvejos]

Lift the dust protection rubber and take a look at the strut shaft. If it looks like the one to the left in the picture, you got bilstein struts. The one to the right is a "standard" strut.


since you got the blue dust cover without bump stop, I guess that you got bilstein.

[frickendom]

What is a bump stop?

[KenC]

Put down the wrench.

[Yngvejos]

What is a bump stop?

A bump stop is a foam "bushing" that prevents the strut from compress all the way to the bottom (if it hits bottom, it will be damaged). Normal struts will have the bump stop on the outside of the strut shaft while bilstein has the bump stops integrated in the strut housing.

KenC: You should treat frickendom with a little more respect. I learned everything I needed to build this car by asking "stupid" questions on the internet.
There are no stupid questions, only stupid answers.

[frickendom]

I got bilstein shocks. Thanks guys

[frickendom]

A bump stop is a foam "bushing" that prevents the strut from compress all the way to the bottom (if it hits bottom, it will be damaged). Normal struts will have the bump stop on the outside of the strut shaft while bilstein has the bump stops integrated in the strut housing.

KenC: You should treat frickendom with a little more respect. I learned everything I needed to build this car by asking "stupid" questions on the internet.
There are no stupid questions, only stupid answers.

Thanks. How does a bump stop look on a strut?

[Yngvejos]

Thanks. How does a bump stop look on a strut?

[frickendom]

Thanks so much!