General 100hp Bilstein B6 Sport Shock Absorbers

[simone]

Purchased genuine fiat items purchased from partsworld-uk

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/370280513723?_trksid=p2060353.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

 

[benjybobs]

Had a lot of clattering from the rear recently, and could see one bump stop floating around inside the spring.

I got some of those bravo bump stops, and thought I'd get some Bilstein shocks as they were cheap at the moment, and figured I may aswell change them whilst everything is in pieces anyway.

The top mounts on the old ones were fine when I removed them, so probably not necessary, however the Bravo bump stops do not fit. I tried heating them up, slicing the rubber.. nothing so now I'm running with none until I can get replacements, might not bother as I understand a few here have done this without issue.

The Bilsteins mostly fit well (I had to grind a knats hair off the bottom mount faces for it to slide in), and I'm convinced the rear is less crashy over the bumps now. It may just be because the old bump stop isn't rattling around anymore, but so far so good.