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Originally Posted by monopolizedinc
This is a great write up. Im sure the community will be greatful for the time you have spent.
I would like to add a comment about your strut assembly if you dont mind. It is not good practice to zip tie the bottom of the strut boot to the strut housing.
Explanation:
Yes most companys supply zip ties for the top and bottom but i have learned through both personal experience and the word of others far more advanced in the field than I, that if you zip tie the bottom of the strut boot to the housing it will fail far sooner than if its left "loose"
Most boots fit rather snug on the housing w/o being atached, they are designed that way for a reason. If you ziptie the boot to the housing you are basicly turning it into an accordian (sp). ( an air tite chamber ) After the car is put on the ground the boot is compressed... a lot for our front springs esp.
W/ the boot atached to the housing the bottom of the boot is not allowed to slide further down the housing to help releave the compression stress.
Next now that its fully compressed (and pretty air tite) any time the car moves up there is a vacuume in the boot causing more stress on the walls and in turn causing failure down the road.
with it left loose you give it the freedome to slide up and down the housing on compression and rebound and you also releave any type of vacuume that would have been created with the motion.
ehh just my 2 cents
joe
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Damper piston > strut boot. I'd just as soon wear out the boot faster and provide better protection for the damper myself.