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I just bought R32 gts-t Bilstein shocks and springs and have had a bit of trouble with the fronts. Set at what should be the correct height for 340mm the strut goes way above the strut tower, and the thread does not allow the strut top nut to go low enough to hold the components below it down so I have had to put some of the trimmings of my bump stop in to stop it moving for now.

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I am just wondering if I may have put my bump stops on wrong as now that I look at my standard ones I'm not sure where they should be. It's shown in the picture above, I have the bump stop sitting on the main strut area, there is a small washer/retainer holding it down and keeping the standard bit of rubber above this area. The picture below is from another thread and it shows how my bump stop is installed(except mine has the dust cover). I am wondering if the bump stop should be above this point, held up by the washer(the washer shown in the pic) that keeps everything above the main strut area? It doesn't make sense then however as nothing would ever hit the bump stop but I'm still worried I have put it in wrong.

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The bump stop is supposed to hit the top of the shock body in cases where the suspension travels too low. So, you probably have your bump stop installed correctly (as per the second photo).

I found setting the circlip for the spring seat at the highest setting gave a reasonable ride height.

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