Hi All,

Just got a set of Tanabe NF210's along with Tokico shocks. I know... some of you may not approve, but Joshua at Excelerate Performance set me up based on my needs and desires.

My question is: he did not send new Bump Stops. After reading some threads, I'm ok with re-using the stock ones, but I cannot find if they need to be cut down at and if so, how far. Or should I see if I can find a set of G-Tecs (Saturday in Cedar Rapids - good luck) and put those in?

 

Ok Sorry.... after reading the paper that came w/ the shocks it does say cut about 15 to 25 mm off.

And an apology to all of our Japanese friends, because I can't even speak Japanese let alone translate, but just for fun... Here is a sentence from the instructions:

"When you cut the bump rubber, please do it after you recognize sufficient length left after cutting. If you don't use bump rubber or cut it, not only damper but also the body may be injured when passengers or cargo is loaded and "full bump" is created."

This is how I interpreted it;

Make sure when cutting the bump rubber, that you do not cut away too much, or leave it off the damper entirely. Doing so could cause damage to the damper and car body if the damper "bottoms out".

 

You can reuse your old ones and it has to be cut down. Not too sure on how far though.