[s-cars] Blowing Bilsteins

[Aaron]

I have been thinking something similar but the shocks are supposedly for 
a stock application and the suspension is stock.  If I examine the 
shafts it appears they are seeing about 3" of travel and the roads are 
not bad enough to cause bottom out.  The blown shock is only moving 
about 1".
Excessive topping out may be the problem.  Im not sure how I can check 
this.....
Aaron

Theodore Chen wrote:

>--- Aaron <aaront at cox-internet.com> wrote:
>
>>Im curious if any of you have had poor luck with your Bilstein HD's.
>>Today I confirmed the annoying clunk on the RF was another blown shock.  
>>That's 2 front shocks in 9 months.
>>First one spewed oil and was catastrophic failure.  2nd one has limited 
>>stroke and a bad clunk.
>>Man am I glad I bought them from the local tire store.  Pd a few extra 
>>clams up front but the lifetime replacement comes in handy!
>>Car is stock.  Local roads are not all that bad.
>>
>
>hmm.  you sure you're not running out of travel in compression or rebound?
>running out of travel at the shock's full extension is very hard on the
>shock, and will shorten its life.  running out of travel in compression
>is _worse_.
>
>-teddy
>
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