Big D
The rears that I received have a little roung spacer/collar that goes on the shock rod before the bumpstop, washers and top shock mount go on. It goes past the threaded area of the rod and rests on the top shoulder of the polished portion of the rod. It is shown in the directions too. While searching the archives and web the other day, I saw a site where someone had left it off and gained an extra half inch of drop. I was just wondering if any one on the board had done the same with success.
I am also hoping to avoid some of the knucle busting you mentioned and bought used front strut tubes from BimmerSouth. I'll be able to swap the fronts out as whole assemblies. I put the fronts together last Sunday and left the bumpstop out. I'm just not 100% sure about the rears and the directions aren't much help either. Thanks for all the info!
JR