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by Moots1288 » Fri Nov 22, 2013 5:28 pm

JorDaneeKey wrote:And cleaner. Well, for now anyways.
forever! Haha they're fun though :) ifs that a bump stop or cardboard?
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by JorDaneeKey » Fri Nov 22, 2013 6:16 pm

Looks to me like a rubber bump stop, but I didn't investigate that closely.
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by TBYODA » Fri Nov 22, 2013 6:45 pm

JorDaneeKey wrote:Looks to me like a rubber bump stop, but I didn't investigate that closely.
If they are rubber bump stop Matt's don't them.
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by Moots1288 » Fri Nov 22, 2013 6:51 pm

TBYODA wrote:
JorDaneeKey wrote:Looks to me like a rubber bump stop, but I didn't investigate that closely.
If they are rubber bump stop Matt's don't them.
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obviously the reason I asked..
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by Moots1288 » Fri Nov 22, 2013 7:27 pm

Mine are internal and I'm assuming there's are not. The bottom of my shock looks different as well
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by v7guy » Fri Nov 22, 2013 8:19 pm

Why the change to external bumpstops?
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by StaceySS » Fri Nov 22, 2013 8:22 pm

Erik's putting his radflo in, woohoo.:smile:
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by Moots1288 » Fri Nov 22, 2013 8:29 pm

Yay
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by bartonmd » Fri Nov 22, 2013 9:56 pm

You can see the bottom-out rubber bump stop at the bottom, in Matt's picture above. Mine are like that, as well. It's black and rubber, and small. The large ones on the stock dampers and on the Key's in the picture are really more of a foam rubber, and meant to be more of a spring helper as well as a bump stop. The top-out rubber bumper is internal.

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by StaceySS » Fri Nov 22, 2013 10:14 pm

Just a suggestion. Spray the threads with WD-40 prior to adjusting the height. The springs get really tight.
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by Opeth » Fri Nov 22, 2013 10:34 pm

Ugh..... Those god awful bump stops are stupidly designed like that, why did these get changed from the prior design? Can one of you guys that received yours already look to see if those rubber bump stops are under that foam one, or are we stuck with the dumb OEM yellow ones?
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by Trail X » Fri Nov 22, 2013 11:28 pm

Yeah, this is something we need to get Johnny to answer. Maybe there's a reason. Maybe it was a mistake by radflo. I'm afraid the larger yellow ones will not allow the same amount of articulation.
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by Regulator1175 » Fri Nov 22, 2013 11:54 pm

I got mine in today as well. If those ugly pieces of foam don't serve a needed purpose I will be quick to cut them out.

I didn't have much time to look them over, but I didn't see an easy way to break them down to powder coat the springs?

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by v7guy » Sat Nov 23, 2013 12:28 am

Every coilover I've dealt with had the piece on the rod end of the shock thread on, whether it was a adapter plate or a bearing. So I would assume that the piece that gets clamped in the dog bone threads off.

Concerning the external bump stop, it should be progressive and is most likely meant to be used, I've seen that style used a lot in the road racing crowds pretty regularly
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by ErikSS » Sat Nov 23, 2013 2:16 am

I got my Radflo installed as well as my new tie rod ends. My front went from 39" (38.25" with winch) to 42.25" with or without the winch. I drove it home, but no testing yet. Going into this I was worried the ride would be too stiff. I didn't feel that way at all so far.
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by Aries » Sat Nov 23, 2013 5:21 am

I'm still waiting for a tracking number? :scratch:
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by Karo » Sat Nov 23, 2013 6:27 am

Didn't got a tracking number too. I don't like the fact that I'll be the last person getting them, because international shipping takes longer.
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by mikekey » Sat Nov 23, 2013 10:16 am

I won't be installing my Radflo's just yet. But the world looks a whole lot different now!
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by bartonmd » Sat Nov 23, 2013 4:44 pm

You finally completed the sex change?
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by mikekey » Sat Nov 23, 2013 5:29 pm

bartonmd wrote:You finally completed the sex change?


Now we can finally be together. :photo:
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