Hi all,

On the front end of my Mk1 Furby VRS it has Bilsteins and Eibach springs. During the freshen up I found half a coil broken off and while stripping found a plastic on top of the rubber bumpstop.

Can someone tell me is this factory, aftermarket or just plain wrong? My gut says you wouldn't put plastic in between the top metal area of the mount and a rubber bumpstop doing it's job.

 

I'm asking as I couldn't find it in diagrams or videos, anyone know? Or is it just a random piece of plastic off another car a mechanic thought came off it?

It's the black "top hat" hard plastic piece above the stop in the lower picture.

 

Thanks in advance!

The part number you supplied is for a mk1 fabia yes 

 

 

EDIT: I got confused - That piece of plastic in the photo probably sits on top of the strut cylinder as a dirt shield.

Edited 11 January, 20233 yr by ApertureS

Thanks, you see what I mean though, it doesn't show in that diagram either.

I've found what looks like them "strut dust caps" on Seat parts though so maybe they came in the kit but only belong on Seats?

 

Anyone else know better than us? 😛

Most Bilsteins have bump stops built in so you don't need the standard stuff as well. Which ones do you have?

According to the part number B8 Sprints 35-052180. And they're as rusty as hell! N/S was worse but O/S is flakey too. It feels like the paint is really thin on mine.

 

What a mess! But came up OK with a repaint.

B8's have internal bump stops, you don't need the OE guff, refit the boot though to protect the stanchion from stone chips.

I'll do that. Yeah, the boots are definitely going back on too.

 

Thanks dudes.

Have done both of my front struts and springs and there was no plastic piece like that in them.

7 hours ago, DoctorBoostaLot said:

Hi all,

On the front end of my Mk1 Furby VRS it has Bilsteins and Eibach springs. During the freshen up I found half a coil broken off and while stripping found a plastic on top of the rubber bumpstop.

Can someone tell me is this factory, aftermarket or just plain wrong? My gut says you wouldn't put plastic in between the top metal area of the mount and a rubber bumpstop doing it's job.

 

I'm asking as I couldn't find it in diagrams or videos, anyone know? Or is it just a random piece of plastic off another car a mechanic thought came off it?

It's the black "top hat" hard plastic piece above the stop in the lower picture.

 

Thanks in advance!

 

As you can see in the photos below, it's the style of that particular bump stop. It's the sports/lowered suspension version and has a height of about 56mm. The standard ride height version has a height of about 65mm.

 

56mm sports/lowered suspension bump stop 6Q0412301A

https://www.autodoc.co.uk/car-parts/oem/6q0412301a?search=OEN+6Q0412301A

 

65mm standard ride height bump stop 6N0412303A

https://www.autodoc.co.uk/car-parts/oem/6n0412303a?search=OEN+6N0412303A

 

Skoda parts catalogue

3	6N0412303A	rubber stop for shock absorber		2	PR-G01,G02, G05
3	6Q0412301	rubber stop for shock absorber for models with heavy duty suspension		2	PR-G03,G06
3	6Q0412301A	rubber stop for shock absorber for sports suspension		2	PR-G04

https://www.lllparts.co.uk/catalogs/skoda/CZ/FAB/225/4/411/411011

 

Edited 12 January, 20233 yr by Carlston

Thanks Carlton!

That's that mystery solved then! I did have a good look on the interwebz before posting here as I couldn't find the answer for the life of me.

Mine is lowered but only slightly about 20mm and I don't think I've ever gotten close to the stops.

 

Thanks for uploading pics.

👍

I found the bump stops only a couple of time until I changed my anti roll car setup and my god I was bumping off them really badly on an Autosolo. Reverted back to stock springs to get more compression travel.

 

As sepulchrave mention the b6/b8 are inverted struts so you don’t need the oem bump stops as they’re inside the strut. You will see a nut at the bottom of the strut. Undo that and the damper insert will slide out to reveal the shaft and bump stop.

Edited 17 January, 20233 yr by faboka vrs

On 17/01/2023 at 20:18, faboka vrs said:

 You will see a nut at the bottom of the strut. Undo that and the damper insert will slide out to reveal the shaft and bump stop.

Oh really, that's what it's for. I did wonder if it was a damper setting.

So are the inserts rebuildable or will Bilstein refurb them if they need it? The struts are back in now mind you....

13 hours ago, DoctorBoostaLot said:

Oh really, that's what it's for. I did wonder if it was a damper setting.

So are the inserts rebuildable or will Bilstein refurb them if they need it? The struts are back in now mind you....

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They are rebuildable although I can't imagine how you would pop a seal unless you had an accident and hit the kerb really hard in which case a burst strut would be the least of your problems.

I was thinking more a case of leaking seals due to old age or mileage. I had "old" Bilsteins leak back in my Mk1 Escort days.... that was when they were affordable! Not like I'd want another Ford now.

Bilstein uk will rebuild them. Did you buy them? If so you get a life long warranty if I remember right.

Not the fronts, the previous owner did, so thats that then! A Life Long warranty is impressive though.