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07-21-2006, 09:16 PM

Stang28

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Dust covers

The rubber pieces that go on the strut are those dust covers or bump stops? Are they nessessary to put back on? Last time I had my struts done they were not put back on and my struts will bottom out now. So now Im lookin in to gettin new struts but if I need the rubber pieces then I wanna go those aswell. Thanks

07-21-2006, 09:22 PM

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are the things your talking about short and fat or long and skinny.

Unless you are running Bilstein shocks/struts...you have to use the bump stops. (those are the short/fat things)

the long/skinny "tubes" are dust covers.

07-21-2006, 09:29 PM

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I think they are the long skinny ones that slide on the strut. I dont know if they help prevent the strut from bottoming out!

07-21-2006, 09:41 PM

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I think they are the long skinny ones that slide on the strut. I dont know if they help prevent the strut from bottoming out!

I belive the long skinny ones that slip over the shock rod/piston whatever, are dust covers. if your bottoming out your shocks with the bump stops installed then maybe you need new shocks

07-21-2006, 09:46 PM

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I belive the long skinny ones that slip over the shock rod/piston whatever, are dust covers. if your bottoming out your shocks with the bump stops installed then maybe you need new shocks

Ok then its my dust covers then based on pics. Can you get the dust covers from the dealership cause Im bout to change my struts out and I would like to get some dustcovers. Thanks

07-21-2006, 10:00 PM

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I would think they could be gotten from a dealer.

07-21-2006, 10:02 PM

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Ok then I will go and see. Thanks alot for your help!

07-21-2006, 10:06 PM

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no problem. are you gonna get new shocks?

07-21-2006, 10:10 PM

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My shocks are good. My struts are shot to hell. I wll for sure get some of those.

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07-22-2006, 06:08 AM

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well, the shocks (rear) are not too expensive. If your gonna upgrade the struts (front) you should do the rear(shock) as well. Bilstein FTW.

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07-22-2006, 07:59 AM

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I got tokicos all the way around. The fronts had just been takin a pounding. I really would to go with the Bilstein but they are so expensive.

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07-22-2006, 02:30 PM

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I got tokicos all the way around. The fronts had just been takin a pounding. I really would to go with the Bilstein but they are so expensive.

save up your $$...Bilstein is the best way to go for a DD driven Mustang IMO.

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07-22-2006, 03:12 PM

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I went to a ford dealership and the dust covers will run me about 90 bucks for both of them. Is there somewhere I can get them cheaper?

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07-22-2006, 03:46 PM

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I went to a ford dealership and the dust covers will run me about 90 bucks for both of them. Is there somewhere I can get them cheaper?

can you show me a pic of exactly what you need...if they are the same as the dust covers I have left over from switching to Bilsteins I will sell them to ya cheap.

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07-23-2006, 09:25 AM

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can you show me a pic of exactly what you need...if they are the same as the dust covers I have left over from switching to Bilsteins I will sell them to ya cheap.

They look just like the Bilstein ones but I dont know If they are the same size. Are they from you stock struts? I got a set of kyb struts yesterday, so if they will work with the new struts then I will gladly take them off your hands. LMK

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07-23-2006, 10:03 AM

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dust covers don't do anything really. Grime builds up just the same. When you do a coil over conversion, the dust covers are negated and removed, so they must not be critical parts.

Bilstein are pimpin and if you get a used set of 03/04 cobra fronts you'll probably cut the cost in half. I've picked up near new cobra bils for 200 more than once. They're really killer and use internal bumpstops.