hi
i have an urgent and critical question to be able to continue the assembly of the front struts
i received the bilsteins today, and as you can see the front ones have a blue protective cap:
this blue cap is responsible of protecting the chromed moving part of the shock
but the original assembly has a black protective cap already, and this cap is fixed to a plate that i must install:
so my question is: how to install all these parts ?
the black cap alone: and no blue cap
the blue alone and no original black:
both of them together (they are compatible, i mean the blue one goes inside the black)
my ideas:
i tend to think that installing both blue and black is better:
- blue is tighter and longer, this means that when the shock is elongated (i.e. car on the jack or hoist) the blue will still cover the chromed part of the shock),
- black is rubber, it seems more flexible and adaptative
- both can work together
- only drawback: possibility of interference between one and the other while in compression mode,...consequences ???
your help will be highly appreciated
regards
i have an urgent and critical question to be able to continue the assembly of the front struts
i received the bilsteins today, and as you can see the front ones have a blue protective cap:
this blue cap is responsible of protecting the chromed moving part of the shock
but the original assembly has a black protective cap already, and this cap is fixed to a plate that i must install:
so my question is: how to install all these parts ?
the black cap alone: and no blue cap
the blue alone and no original black:
both of them together (they are compatible, i mean the blue one goes inside the black)
my ideas:
i tend to think that installing both blue and black is better:
- blue is tighter and longer, this means that when the shock is elongated (i.e. car on the jack or hoist) the blue will still cover the chromed part of the shock),
- black is rubber, it seems more flexible and adaptative
- both can work together
- only drawback: possibility of interference between one and the other while in compression mode,...consequences ???
your help will be highly appreciated
regards
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