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[div class="dcquote"][i][b]Originally posted by Jem09[/i][/b] Peace, Are you referrin' to the part that's on the tip of the strut rod in your pic.? If so, that's the bump stop and with that bein' said, I'm sure you can conclude if havin' it slide all the way down be bad or not (it's bad)... I have Tokico HP's (Blues) and my bump stop installed fine and stood firm in place... I never heard of this problem before... Try askin' someone here on the board directly (PM) with those struts... Perhaps you need new bump stops... Peace, Jem [/div] The bump stop fits fine on the stock strut. There is a lip on the stock strut like the following: | | | | _|___|_ | | _|_ ___ _|_ | | the _ on each side is what i'm talking about... it goes all the way around and keeps the bump stop from going over, but on the illumina, it's like this: | | | | _|___|_ | | |_ ___ _| | | which lets the bump stop slide down past it and set down on the 'cylinder' or w/e. Did I get the wrong struts or something?

Originally posted by EclipseSix
I searched up this problem when I was installing my illuminas about three weeks ago. Mine didn't have the lip on that ring either to keep the bumpstop from falling below, however the answer I was given lends itself to common sense. The bumpstop is the last line of defense for the strut so that it doesn't 'bottom out' when you hit a huge ditch or pothole that would exert a ton of force on the strut assembly. It provides a few inches of area where the piston won't compress any further and thus won't 'bottom out'. On your original struts, that little lip really doesn't do much to hold the bumpstop in place. I know because I basically hit my bumpstop lightly with a hammer to dislodge it from the ring on the stock strut, but I hit it down instead of up, and knocked the whole bumpstop below the lip. If that little force can knock it off the ring, what makes you think it would hold it there under driving conditions like a large pothole? Its just meant to keep it at a certain spot on the shaft, having it below that ring does no damage and will have no effect on your suspension's feel or performance. p.s. in fact I've read many posts hereof people who simply didn't install bumpstops when they switched their suspension. Smart? No. But technically you don't need it unless you're driving through any area that might possible have a large pothole or big bump of some kind.