by Hans Efde » Mon Jan 30, 2012 9:56 pm
I can't speak for your dampers, but my spax dampers came with a rubber ring that is mounted on the rod inside the spring. Seems like a logical thing to have. On the other hand there should be rubbers on the car that limit the stroke of the suspension arm. The down stroke should be dampened by rubbers on the subframe (just in front of the arm, I suppose we are talking aft suspension). For the upstroke on the Metro there was a rubber mounted on the floorpan of the car. This can be mimicked on the Midas by bolting a rubber to the floor of the Midas where the suspension arm hits. The damper should never bottom out in the up or down stroke. This will cause serious stability problems on the car and will shorten the life of the dampers considerably.