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Can this matter? You would have to be bottoming out the shocks. The bump stops will take the load first. Do you have any real evidence that there is a problem? With this in mind, one could measure the exposed shaft length with the shaft bottomed, for the shaft length above the shock retaining nut. Then you know that the id reduction flat at the bottom of the threaded shaft portion will be flat against the bottom of the strut mount metal insert. One could measure this with the spring and bump stop removed. After getting this measurement, one can then determine how much the bump stop would have to compress to and looking at the bump stop make a pretty good judgement about the state of affairs.
So I guess that my point is that I expect that it is impossible to bottom out the shock, and that you could not probably do it with no springs intalled at all.
I removed around 1&1/4" off the bottom end of my bump stop to get more travel. Once I get to the bump stop, it will bump with a much higher force rate than stock. I cut mine off rather flat. One could use a disk sander and restore some contour to the cut end. I did this because of the limited travel in the front suspension. I have the stock springs, not lowered. I have heard that the 97+ suspension has a greater amount of travel built into it. Others have anything to add or correct? So I am betting that the Koni's will do a better job of dampening and that the Koni's will manage severe bump impact loads and perhaps utilize that greater amount of travel, without getting bad impacts on the shortened bump stops. Brad (KCMO), pointed me in this direction.
So hear I appear to be betting that with a shorted bump stop, with no springs at all, that I would not be able to bottom out the shock. Too bad that I cannot post measurements to substantiate this premise.
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