when i bought the car it had koni yellows already on. what i notice is that they seem to bottom out when i hit a hard bump in the road. the roads here are pretty bad at times. i dont have the adjustment **** for the shocks but i have adjusted them with pliers for a stiffer ride. but the bottoming out worries me and i've even had my gf scream when i hit a bad bump in the road. other than that they drive great. should i be worried? is it normal?

 

The adjusting **** only adjusts rebound, not bump.

Sounds like you have a problem with something other than your shocks... what springs do you have? how low are they? what do your bump stops look like? etc.

 

i have eibach sportline springs. i looked up the springs for my car on the website and they specify 1.6" drop front and rear. i'm gonna go out and check my bump stops...

 

where should i see the bump stops? i cant find them. lower/upper control arm?

 

ok, they should be cut in half when using lowering springs. see if you can just get a photo of the whole assembly with the wheel off

also, the spring perch has 3 settings, if it's all the way down then that would make it even lower than 1.6" (which it does look like based on just your signature)

 

http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne...9309561&size=o

it's the orange rubber looking thing around the piston inside the spring.
stock size is about 3" long so it should be around 1.5" if it was cut properly

 

you rock, i'm gonna work on getting a pic of the assembly now. there is a side profile of my wheel in my gallery. i hope i can lower it more cuz i think its too high. thanks so much for the great info.

 

mine looks to have a boot over the bump stop???


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yeah, that should have been trimmed down by whoever installed them...

 

that black plastic cover should be trimmed? how much? i'm assuming the bumpstop is underneath should it be trimmed as well?