I made the mistake of not replacing my stock struts when I had the Eibach springs installed. That was probably the stupidest thing I ever did, I hated the ride. My stock struts and aftermarket springs caused my car to handle worse than completely stock. It felt unstable at high speeds and was a complete handling disaster.

Just installed Tokico illuminas. The Tokico/Eibach combo is awesome - I love it. Very, very stable. (not say there isn't a better combo out there) I am pissed that I did not install these sooner... Lesson learned.

Question...

I read something a while back that talked about replacing the bump stops or shaving them. What is the point of this? What should I replace them with or how much should I shave off?

Cheers!

 

if you are running Eibachs, you should really cut the bumpstops....just cut off 1 "ring".....

 

Can this easily done if the springs are already installed? Or am I SOL?

 

What do you mean cut, what good does that do?
It lowers the car or does it makes it more firm.

 

cutting the bump stops allows another 1/2" of shock travel. it does nothing more to the ride than to let the car drop lower before the suspension bottoms out.

I would recommend NOT cutting the bumpstops if you have adjustable struts. there's too many things that will break if/when you bottom it out. one hard hit on my Konis will ruin them, and it's not covered under warranty. (AMHIK ).

 

Understood. I do have the 5 way adjustable Tokicos with Eibachs. It's probably not worth the time/risk in cutting the stops, especially since they are already installed.