A - Factory Bump Pad (prior to trim). It rest on top of the shock. (where you see "B" located)
B- Black Bumper Pad from a different shock setup that I tried to use that didn't work
C - This is the dust cover that sits over the shock and bump pad - the top rests where the arrow points to (the washer was added for visual, it's actually located in the trunk between the car body and nut)
The top rubber piece you see on the dust cover (C) is inside the wheel well pressed to the top, the threated part of the shock is what protrudes into the trunk to be secured.
You will need to trim "A" regardless of how you lower your Crossfire, spring trim, eibach's etc.. or every time you go over a bump, your shock will compress and will bottom on the bumper (A).
The distance between the top of (A) and the point (C) is how much shock travel you have with the shock dissasembled, when mounted in your stock Crossfire, the travel will be less (as the shock compresses) - once you lower your ride - you can see that the shock travel distants becomes even less. Mine had about a 1/4 of an inch of travel after timming the srpings and before trimming the bump. Once I trimmed the bump pad and gained more shock travel; problem solved.
No more was I done adding this post when a picture that Andrew took of if his shock showing the bump trim showed up on the main menu feature photos - (we all know how low he went) look thru his gallery to find.
