Tokico Blues

[yiannitQ45]

Dust covers or no dust covers? Anyone who has them if you could let me know which setup you've used would be great

[Romeo5k]

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Anything is better than nothing

[Infinitiguy19]

Be prepared to get ripped into. You should lay low for a couple of days until it blows over.

He's not joking, Tech and Maxnix are reaching for their nitroglycerine viles as we speak.

We should feel fortunate, to have acquired such works of art. We can safely bottle it all, and then release it again decades later, so the masses will be able to see the whole breadth of the collection. It will be the Department of PPASTOS, and I will be the Curator in charge. It would be my honor

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The last comment hurt the most but that was from my days as a new guy. I have to admit those guys above made me the Q45 Enthusiast that I am today. There are others two but if I name them it will appear as I am taking sides when I truly just want to get along with everyone, for the most part.

[yiannitQ45]

I'm confused Paul, did u go with or without? Hopefully that doesn't happen to me

[Infinitiguy19]

Well I posted that because this morning you will see what Maxnix, Qship96, Q45tech and others have to say in their own way.

But its generally best to install them, Why would you go with out them anyways?

[yiannitQ45]

Thanks for the heads up. The guy at my local Kragen told me they stopped carrying them because they are not very effective and that sounded wrong to me

[Infinitiguy19]

Yeah steer clear of local parts stores such as Auto Zone, Pep Boys and others.

The way I see it OEM new or used are the best parts.

Dust boots keep the dust and everything else small enough to get into it and ruin seals and the fluid...Basically there good, Think of dust boots for the steering rack and some suspension components.

[yiannitQ45]

Thanks Paul, looks like in going to go get them from an offroad store I'm sure they carry them

[maxnix]

Thanks Paul, looks like in going to go get them from an offroad store I'm sure they carry them

For a Q45? I don't think so!

Do you realize the bump stops are integral to the gaiters?

[yiannitQ45]

I'm a bit confused, dust covers shold be universal right? :

[Q45tech]

Depends if you want near oem life and performance OR don't mind replacing shocks more frequently due to additional wear and tear of internal seals?If by universal you mean all brands are created equal NOT BY A LONG SHOT.

[yiannitQ45]

yeah i was just making sure like i said above the guy at kragen said they were useless which sounded off, and by universal i meant not oem just a good brand that has a sleeve to fit my blues

[maxnix]

... and by universal i meant not oem just a good brand that has a sleeve to fit my blues

Do you realize the bump stops are integral to the gaiters?

[Q45tech]

Maybe changing the name to : "Bump stop assembly with integrated bellows dust shield". Might help to understand that plain bellows dust shields won't work correctly

[yiannitQ45]

Thanks that helped don't know what a gaiter is so it threw me off, thanks for clarifying