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      05-02-2014, 10:07 AM   #39
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Originally Posted by GMP Performance View Post
One of the issues with lowering the rear of the X5/X6 models is that the rear suspension will sit on the bump stops with the links lowered to a desirable look. This makes the rear end bounce all over the place because there is basically no suspension travel to cushion the bumps. Trimming the bump stop alleviates this situation as it allows for some more suspension movement, but is not a complete solution. The best option is just to raise the rear suspension.

Unfortunately, I do not have pictures of the ones that we trimmed, but there is an example of what they look like below (image is not an X5/X6 stop). They have "ridges" and we trimmed one ridge off of each side. We have done this on two X6 models with positive results.

Example of what they look like:
Interesting. Glad to see people are still working on solutions.
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