strut & shock question for the racers ... Options

[SirAndy]

i got a mid '80s carrera frontend with the black struts, so i'm assuming i've got the stock 911 boge shocks.

the car is lowered quite a bit and i was hitting the 3-piece rubber stops frequently.
i was told i could safely cut the rubber stop down to 2 pieces, which i did and it helped quite a bit, adding more shock travel.

but i still bottom out occasionally on a larger bump etc.

so, my question is, for the boge shocks, can i safely remove a second piece from the rubber stop and run a one piece stop only ???
(IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/idea.gif) Andy

[groot]

Strut monotubes are not as common... because they're not so good at taking side loads. That's cool you have some. Bilsteins?

Koni sends 1 plastic disk with their strut inserts, but they also include a jounce bumper. The plastic piece on the Koni is intended to give the jounce bumper a nice flat surface to hit instead of hitting the strut can nut. It also acts a a bearing surface if you happen to be turning while you're riding on your bumpers to avoid chewing up the bumper.

Andy, you need to know how much travel you have when the car it loaded. That will tell you how much room you have before you hit the bumper. If you can see the strut rod with the wheels on, you could take the front wheels off and set the front spindles on jackstands. Bounce the car a bit and that should give you a close measurement.