From this picture, how are you supposed to remove the OEM dust-boot without destroying it? Also, is the bumpstop under the dust-boot? If not, anyone have the GM part numbers for the bumpstop and dust-shield?

Also, I assume the nut & washer included with the SLP Bilsteins for the top of the shock connection above the strut mount? Again, would it hurt really them to include some instructions?

What a job this is -- so much rust in that strut mount area and my sway endlink bolt broke taking it off... Interesting the OEM shocks are Delphi, not De Carbon -- probably still the same, though. Yes, this shock was disconnected from the strut mount (passenger side), hence it crazy deformation..

 

35 views and nobody has replaced stock shocks with Bilsteins themselves? Really?

What a complete cluster #$%! Bilstein is that cheap that they cannot include the parts which there is seemingly no way to remove from the old shocks?! What a joke. Spring perch, Dust-boot and Bumpstop are all non-removable seemingly without destroying the shock -- dangerous experiment. The spring isolator is the only easy reusable part!

What about that Bilstein included metal hat -- does that get pounded onto the top of the shock? I assume then the bumpstop and dustboot go above that?

Am I basically SOL and need to buy replacement GM parts, or is there a good way to remove this stuff?

 

Have you tried hitting up Napa or Autozone and asking them if those parts are reusable, or if they have some generic replacements? I haven't changed out shocks yet, but it is planned within the nesxt 5k miles for me, so this would all be useful info.

 

Uhhh FailedDevices. This is over a month old, I believe he already finished the job a little while ago :P

 

Wow, it just popped up in my new posts section, wtf lol.

 

Ya after you responded, it popped into my new posts section and I was confused for a second because he already had a thread talking about how different his car feels riding on them. Thats when I checked the date

 

Yeah I read his new thread, but I thought it got moved to here or something cause this was like "hey look in here, new posts!"