Bump stops with UCAs

calcal · Oct 15, 2012

I have snake racing UCAs in, I was wondering would it be safe to take about 5-10mm off the bump stop for more travel??
Cheers

Boosted · Oct 15, 2012

Oops have to edit that. I wouldn't be touching the bump stops I'd be going about 20-30mm below the standard height bump stops. Some funny things happen to the handling when it goes to close the the stops

joshman · Oct 15, 2012

Nah calcal, I wouldn't be cutting anything off the bump stops. It'll stick out like a sore thumb to anyone that's nosey enough to look.

FatBoy89 · Oct 15, 2012

I've been told that your shock will hit full extension before it completely crumples the bump stop therefore making not difference. Is this true?

joshman · Oct 15, 2012

FatBoy89 said:
I've been told that your shock will hit full extension before it completely crumples the bump stop therefore making not difference. Is this true?

Nah, load of crap I reckon, every time you hit your bump stop you'd put a heap of impact stress on your shocks, I don't reckon they'd hold up too well to that kinda punishment.

By design, shocks need to be made with more travel than what the vehicle will allow.

And bumpstops compress down pretty well at full travel.

calcal · Oct 15, 2012

Thanks for the comments guys.

Yeah I was just trying to think of a way to get more travel at the front and that's the only thing I could come up with