So as part of my rear end rebuild, I'm swapping out the rear shocks with some bilstein tourings. I finally got to pulling the shocks today, and found this:



WTH? I've never done a suspension before, so I'm going to take a guess and say that those are the bumpstops? Anyone ever see deterioration like that before? If its normal, oh well, I'll order some new ones.

I was hoping to put the suspension put together today, but I've gotten a little held up with other parts of the swap. Here ar e a few more shots of the install just for kicks.