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Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Northern, MI
Posts: 11
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Junior Member
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Northern, MI
Posts: 11
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Rear shocks: boot up or boot down?
Hi, I installed OME springs and Bilstein shocks over the weekend and I ended up with one question that I'm not sure on. I ordered all the parts from Toytec, and they had there eye-to-stud adapter pre-installed on the shock to where the boot would be down.
However, when I tried to install it that way the rubber bushings that were pressed into the shock eyes were the opposite(only one end was big enough to fit over the axle mounting tab). I ended up installing them boot up so I could be done, but does it make a difference? I don't like the idea of the shocks oil reservoir being exposed to any sort of flying rocks and whatever else may be coming through, and the boot itself was set to drain to the bottom, and the stickers themselves seem to be pointing to boot down being the best.
I just can't understand when the pressed in rubber bushings would be backwards... to those of you running Bilstein shocks, what did you do? Can you just swap ends with the rubber bushing inserts?
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1999 SR5 V6 4x4 - 5 speed manual - OME 883 front / 891 rear - Bilstein shocks all around - FJ 6 spoke wheels and 285/70R17 Dynapro MT tires
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