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Had you fitted B8 then you'd have noticed the far thicker 'piston rod' which is actually the shock absorber body (also called 'upside-down') which has the bump stop built-in.
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I've been happily occupied the past week replacing my stock (worn out) shocks with Bilstein B6's, both front and rear.
Replace with new) and bolts should be torqued as specified
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All nuts (replace with new) and bolts should be torqued as specified when the car is resting on its wheels.
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Had you fitted B8 then you'd have noticed the far thicker 'piston rod' which is actually the shock absorber body (also called 'upside-down') which has the bump stop built-in.
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I've been happily occupied the past week replacing my stock (worn out) shocks with Bilstein B6's, both front and rear.
Everything is going rather smoothly, but I do have a few questions before I finish up.
Question 1
According to the Bilstein docs, the B6's have built in bump stops (front only) and I should leave them out when assembling the new shocks. However, this leaves me with a gigantic gap above the bellows (see screenshot). How to proceed?
Should I
1. somehow acquire taller bellows?
2. leave the gap bellow-less and unprotected?
3. put in a new yellow bump stops?
Question 2
What to do about the center nuts when assembling the new shocks? Should I torque it down to a certain spec? Or just leave it loosely fastened? And when to torque it down: when the vehicle is back on its wheels or before installation?
Thanks so much!
The ones shown are of the variety that require bump stops. Had you fitted B8 then you'd have noticed the far thicker 'piston rod' which is actually the shock absorber body (also called 'upside-down') which has the bump stop built-in.
Buy new bumps stops from Porsche and fit them.
All nuts (replace with new) and bolts should be torqued as specified when the car is resting on its wheels.
I don't understand what you mean by center nut, sorry. But even so, final tightening to specified torque after the car sits on its wheels is best for each and every fastener in a car's suspension.
Check out
https://www.pelicanparts.com/techart...nd_Springs.htm
Photo 8 shows the bump stop (actually auxiliary spring) but it is not fitted to the rubber bellows. That is not correct. It should be fitted /tied into the first pleat.
Thanks so much! By center nut I meant the final nut you install on top of the shock assembly that keeps all parts of the strut into place, prior to installing the assembled strut into the car.
