Have any of you guys put the Factory Strut and Aftermarket Strut side by side to see if they are the same size. I'm thinking aftermarket Strut body should be a little shorter then factory body to keep the car from Bottoming out. I'm also thinking about cutting the bump stops, Maybe that'll give me some more spring/strut travel room. Right now the car just hits hard on bumps in the road with Teins and Factory sturts.

 

A shortened strut body would be ideal for lowering springs since it will give you additional travel. As it is, I think all aftermarket struts are the same size as stock since they are listed as direct OEM replacements.

As for the bump stops, I would definitely shave a coil off of each one if you are dropped on Teins... They will give you some extra travel in your suspension and hopefully get rid of the bumpiness at your suspension limits

 

I'm gonna cut about an Inch off that Bump stop and hopefully that will give my car some room to travel.

Wonder how BMW and some of these other companies do their suspension. They have have travel room otherwise the dashboard would fall off before the car is paid off

 

teins will kill factory struts with a quickness....IMO you should've gotten new struts with those springs in the first place, that way u wont be paying double install charges


that is, unless you did it yourself, then its just double time wasted, but no labor charge

 

People around here are waiting for new Struts to come out so I'm waiting for these Struts also. I drive this car maybe 50 miles a week, Most of the time its parked but just looking for a little better ride for the time I am out driving it.

Oh Yeah I did the install, Only takes about an hour to replace springs on Maxima.

 

I would definitely upgrade the struts with those springs, or at least trim the bumpstops to help with the ride.

 

what new struts?? we've already gotten KYB GR2's, KYB adjustable AGX's (modded) and tokico blues???

what more u want??