[s-cars] Dust sleeve removal?

[Bob Rossato]

Dave - I think you are confusing it with the bump stop.  Bilsteins have an
internal bump stop and the factory one is not needed, and would not fit for
the same reasons you stated.

Bob

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> Forget mounting the dust boots on Bilsteins.  First, the shaft is MUCH
> thicker than stock, so OEM boots won't fit.  Second, the design
> of Bilsteins
> is basically an upside down shock so the real shaft is already
> sealed inside
> the shock body.  No boot needed or available.  I even contacted
> Bilstein and
> they said there was no boots available from them that would fit.
> They also
> said, because of the thickness of the "shaft" the only boots that
> would fit,
> would end up hitting the springs and self destructing in a short period of
> time.  Bottom line, there are no boots needed or available for Bilsteins.
> Koni and Boge do require boots.
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> Dave Freed  '93 S4, '91 200 TQA