Good to have a little free time and to be back on here boys!!!
You bet your ass! Gotta keep an eye on them Snowflakes...
Plastics Guy DuroBumps and a little more
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Good to have a little free time and to be back on here boys!!!
You bet your ass! Gotta keep an eye on them Snowflakes...
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You need a sign, a cup and a jail blanket. Only one of three will get you no change
Fuck all that. All you need is a dog and a few cheeseburgers. When that cars pull up take a piece of burger and give it to the dog. They will be like "hooo he loves that dog give him some money". How do I know it works because that's what my wife says as she reaches into her purse. FML
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Finally got my bump stops installed last weekend! Need to go test them out properly soon.
I need some bumps for my Tundra. You sell those right?
@Plastics Guy so was testing flex and clearances this weekend. Ran into some issues and think your product may be the answer vs say the Toytec spacer option. Running Toytec Boss extended rear shocks (as per their website anyways) and 861 rear coils. 35's if that matters. I'm wondering if I'll end up in a similar situation to @theesotericone where my shock bottoms out before the bumps fully compress. Or is your taller option the fix as is? Forgive my ignorance if I'm off base here but hoping to figure out. Thanks in advance for your help.
Are your shocks mounted in factory location??
The only time a taller bump stop than 5.25" has been needed is when big shocks are installed that require re-locating shock mounts.
That's a negative. Factory mounting location. Shocks were just marketed claiming extended length. So looks like the 5.25-in will be good for me. My brother and I will both be placing an order shortly. Thanks for getting back to me.
Yup the 5.25" will work great for you. I'm running an extended length shock myself on my 3rd gen and when I designed the 5.25" version I assumed most guys would be running a +1" extended length bump rear shock. The typical Mid-travel Set-up for 3rd gens.
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Just got back from my Moab trip and put these bumps through hell again. The ones on the 3rd gen held up as I expected them too even with the excessive hucking and crawling.
My buddy's 5th gen on the other hand had an issue with one of the fronts. Discovered this when we were replacing a tie rod that got mangled thanks to the 35s and front locker. I didn't get to look very close at it but it looks like there was some sort of flaw or impurity in the casting that allowed the bump to delaminate from it's base and then split. The other side is still intact and held up to everything just fine. This also happened prior to any airborne shenanigans in the dunes. @Plastics Guy got any input?
My buddy's 5th gen on the other hand had an issue with one of the fronts. Discovered this when we were replacing a tie rod that got mangled thanks to the 35s and front locker. I didn't get to look very close at it but it looks like there was some sort of flaw or impurity in the casting that allowed the bump to delaminate from it's base and then split. The other side is still intact and held up to everything just fine. This also happened prior to any airborne shenanigans in the dunes. @Plastics Guy got any input?
I don't know how many times I have said this...
GAS SHOCKS ARE WHATS NEEDED FOR CONSTANT HIGH SPEED AND JUMPING!!! Not a $70 rubber bump stop. What the hell are you guys thinking??? $70 is going to be the difference between your truck and Iron Man Stuarts?? You guys are obviously gaining a lot of added trail speed and trail stability with Durobumps installed, which is once again out handling what the shocks (Radflo) can properly dampen (On your buddies truck, I know you got them KINGS Now on yours!). Stiffen up the valving of the shock, Install gas Bumps OR get a secondary shock that can handle the abuse.
AND!!! WHY DOESN'T ANYONE SEND ME A PERSONAL MESSAGE ABOUT THESE ISSUES INSTEAD OF POSTING IT PUBLICLY FOR ALL OF MY CUSTOMERS TO HAVE TO SORT THROUGH. All this does is clutter my threads just like on TW. The answer is, DIAL IN YOUR SUSPENSION AND DONT RELY ON A $70 BUMP STOP TO ACT LIKE A $400 GAS SHOCK
this is a case of shocks not properly being able to handle the terrain at the speed the truck is driving. We should be relying on the shocks dampening ability not a rubber bump stop that is only intended on removing the harsh bottom out on low speed runs and during flexing on the trail
Also, I can see that your friend used washers/spacers when installing the Durobumps. Spacers cannot be used with Durobumps. I assume this was to prevent tire rub. Using spacers added compression value to the bump stop that it was not designed for. Trimming or proper wheel offset is the only way to properly handle large tires.
There is no one size fits all suspension package. Desert racers have completely different suspension setups than us Trail guys. and there is no one size fits all bump stop. Higher speeds benefit from Gas Bumps. For most of us Durobumps are all that is needed.
I've been talking with your friend on IG and let him know that I'll refund his money so he can apply that towards gas bumps. I don't see or feel that this was a product failure in any way. This is suspension issue that was not properly set up.
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I think you all need to take a step back and understand what a bumpstops purpose is. It's primarily to limit where your max up travel point is and these obviously aren't doing that seeing as he started rubbing after installing them because they allowed too much compression and the bumpstop then failed. I'm fully aware that these aren't hydros but the failure happened at incredibly low speeds, less than 5mph. That's hardly into the hydro bump territory. The other side is completely intact even though it was ran much harder for several more days after the initial failure. Not trying to be a dick I just find it ironic how these bumps are marketed to be the toughest out there, designed for the hardcore wheeler, and when a single failure happens there's no backing behind them.