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My new Energy Suspension bump stops arrived on Saturday. I had time to install them today. The part # was 9-9137.
They can be installed on our cars, but NOT right out of the box. You have two choices when installing these on an F-body car.
1. Mill the holes wider. This solution might cause them to move over time.
2. Shave off a little bit of the Poly on 1 side and bend a small tab on the cars frame a tiny bit.
I used method #2 and they are now installed. I drove around for quite a while, over bumps, in and out of driveways, and so far the bump stops have not hit once. That is a good thing. I guess my suspension is still in pretty good shape.
Total install took 1.5 hours. I had to remove both rear tires to access the bump stops, so that took some time. Also, when I bent the tabs, some of the undercoat came off, so I resprayed the area with fresh undercoating.
Now I will keep an eye on them to see how long they last. The OEM ones had rotted away to nothing.
They can be installed on our cars, but NOT right out of the box. You have two choices when installing these on an F-body car.
1. Mill the holes wider. This solution might cause them to move over time.
2. Shave off a little bit of the Poly on 1 side and bend a small tab on the cars frame a tiny bit.
I used method #2 and they are now installed. I drove around for quite a while, over bumps, in and out of driveways, and so far the bump stops have not hit once. That is a good thing. I guess my suspension is still in pretty good shape.
Total install took 1.5 hours. I had to remove both rear tires to access the bump stops, so that took some time. Also, when I bent the tabs, some of the undercoat came off, so I resprayed the area with fresh undercoating.
Now I will keep an eye on them to see how long they last. The OEM ones had rotted away to nothing.
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