Originally Posted by RichardV6
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Nice big proper rubber bushes on those Spax gas adjustables Richard thumbs

I believe SSL has stopped working with Bilstein, not sure why, perhaps the Morgan volumes were not big enough for Bilstein? However, it does seem all the Morgan development work conducted in collaboration between Dan White and Bilstein was completed years ago which is how I ended up with my set of Bilstein rear dampers, it's just they were the last set on Dan's shelf.

I also know Bilstein keeps excellent records on every damper and coil over they've ever built so as long as you give them the numbers on the damper body they're happy to replicate. It's also worth pointing out that Bilstein is not a 'direct to consumer' company, they are a manufacturer so you must buy through a 'reseller' like Ben Lang for TVR or Dan White for Morgan.

Here are the rears I now run....

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Damper performance is excellent, the bushes are proper long lasting suspension grade rubber and as you can see they are equipped with giant tapered integral bump stops. Combined with two seater BCC anti-tramp rear springs and a SiFab Panhard rod the Bilsteins have transformed handling of my Morgan and I have not had a single bottoming out incident since the changes, so those giant soft rubber progressive bump stops are definitely doing their job.

Bilstein offers a huge range of bump stops in different shapes and made from different rubber compounds, but always using a proven compound family that's designed specifically for the job. Other damper manufacturers seem to use the same bubblegum polyurethane material for their bump stops as they use for their eyelet bushings, if this material can't even cope with doing the job of an eyelet bush without premature failure I have no idea how the manufacturer expects it to cope with the pounding forces a bump stop must endure!

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