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got my bilstein/whiteline kit from sydneykid on xmas eve, put swaybars, front/rear shocks and springs in just after new years. did anone else have any issues with knocking sounds going over bumps in the front and rear? inserted a rubber stop from the stock front suspension under the top bolt and that fixed the front, just wondering if we missed something installing them? had 2 mechanics helping and they are sure everything was done correctly. Rear's knock a fair bit over fast bumps too as if the shock is crashing up to strut top. any ideas? we had to use the stock strut tops on the new kit too. Tried searching on the forums but my uselessness couldn't find much.

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I'm having the same issue's as you are at the moment with the SK suspension but only on the front end (r33).

I've cut the bump stops down to the point where they're nearly doing nothing :P. While the car is on the ground you can see and feel the travel between the bump stop and the strut top is just under an inch!

My front shocks bottom out over smooth speed bump at a normal speed and I dread pot holes of any size.

I think the shock absorbers provided do not suit the application. They don't have enough travel to suit the car or the spring. The only cost effective way I can see to fix the issue is to get heavier springs, which will make the already bad ride quality worse.

Anyone else having these issues please post here.

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I'm having the same issue's as you are at the moment with the SK suspension but only on the front end (r33).

I've cut the bump stops down to the point where they're nearly doing nothing :D. While the car is on the ground you can see and feel the travel between the bump stop and the strut top is just under an inch!

My front shocks bottom out over smooth speed bump at a normal speed and I dread pot holes of any size.

I think the shock absorbers provided do not suit the application. They don't have enough travel to suit the car or the spring. The only cost effective way I can see to fix the issue is to get heavier springs, which will make the already bad ride quality worse.

Anyone else having these issues please post here.

I have heard of some cases about the front's not having much travel, even at the normal circlip height.

Does anyone else have the same problem?

Is it just a limitation of the Skyline front suspension, or has it got to do with the Bilsteins?

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I've had it 2 below and then 1 and now normal circlip height. It bottomed out often at the 2 below height on speed bumps. Much less (maybe a third as much) on 1 below and only twice in 3 months since putting at normal height. Bump stops should not be cut too low as they help if you are always hitting the end of travel. I suggest putting it at normal height, that extra 8mm will help a lot.

Or get higher rated springs (I think about 10 - 20% more than the King/whiteline springs would have been a better anyway.)

Ohh and I live in a back street in Westend, I take about 20 speed bumps to and from work each day at about 30kmh.

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i managed to sort out the fronts by using 2 2mm washers with a 15mm rubber between then above the strut top and below the shock end bolt, this fixed all knocking issues from the front. Plan to do the same at the rear. One thing ive noticed is that during mild to hard cornering where theres a slight undulation in the road i do notice a slight scrape sound, could be wheel raising up and making slight contact with inner guard plastic or even front bar (front bar goes pretty close to wheels when they go lock to lock)

might take some snaps when we do my car this weekend.

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