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Join Date: Mar 2015
Location: Bozeman, Montana
Age: 25
Posts: 917
Real Name: Phoenix
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Member
Join Date: Mar 2015
Location: Bozeman, Montana
Age: 25
Posts: 917
Real Name: Phoenix
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So I was one of the original "beta testers" for these bumpstops and have been running them for over 3 months with several thousand miles on them.
The rears there isnt much to say, I have had zero issues with them. They replaced my stock bumpstops that had been extended 2 inches and they made a huge difference. With the stock ones if I ever bottomed the suspension out it was like hitting a rock. Since I installed these I have not felt that hard-hitting a rock feeling.
Now the fronts there is a lot more to say. The originals I ran with my old bilstein coilovers and managed to split the base in half. I personally worked with plastics guy to develop a solution for that which led to the current V2 design. Great guy to work with and very knowledgeable. Since I have installed the V2 I have upgraded to king coilovers and the pairing is straight magic. I can throw damn near anything at the truck at any speed and it just eats it up. It's awesome, no two ways about. That being said I have encountered two minor issues if you can call them that:
1: The CV shaft cannot be removed with the bumpstop installed. This may be due to my alignment or something, but when pulling the CV there is just physically not enough room to squees past the 2.5-inch body coilover and bumpstop. Not a big deal, just requires one more bolt to be removed to swap the CV.
2: Depending on the type of hit, there is a very specific speed and amount of drop that I need to make it happen, but I am able to compress the suspension enough that the hardware inside the bumpstop contacts the frame. This could be remedied with a button style mounting bolt that is lower profile but the number of times it happens really isn't enough to warrant me going to the effort of doing it.
Other than those 2 issues I have nothing but good things to say. I have jumped the truck, mostly unintentionally, at least 3 times and have had zero failures and never once felt like I exceeded the limits of the bumpstops.
Bottom line, if you dont have these or dont think you need them, you do. Buy them!
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Last edited by Black798; 09-19-2018 at 09:14 PM.
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