Hydraulic Bump Stops on the Baja Bug???

[@VWJawbreaker]

Stellar work man, love your build! The community is absolutely amazing and I’m happy to hear someone reached out and is helping!! I’m so excited for ya!!

[@MiahsBug]

Thank you Gary.

[@michealconforto]

Nice bump stops, may have to give them a look

[@MiahsBug]

Very good quality for the price

[@thebinderbuilder]

Nice cliffhanger! Can't wait to see what you're going to end up with!

[@MiahsBug]

I was actually visiting BuggyDork to pick something up. The shop tour was a bonus. 😉

[@thebinderbuilder]

@MiahsBug Man, I wish I could have gone with ya. I would really like meeting some of you guys, but I'm like 1600 miles away so....

[@MiahsBug]

@@thebinderbuilder one day we’ll all get together. Let’s get these bugs going!

[@Twistedleafrodshop]

This thing is gonna be sick!

[@MiahsBug]

Thanks Twisted Leaf. And thanks for the sub!!!

[@CZ250RonSammons-p3z]

Your Baja is looking good! Maybe when you are done you can help me with mine, its set up for class 9 so it's a lot less work.

[@MiahsBug]

I’m all for building!!!

[@hotroddevils5031]

I was told early on in my baja build by several people (whom seemed to know what they were talking about?) that in their opinion, bump stops don't work well in bugs because their relativity light compared to a truck and in their opinion bump stops are for heavier vehicles. Are they right? I have no ideal but they have much more experience than me so I went without them myself. But your pan, swing arms, a-arms front of cage are looking awesome! looking forward to the bypass video!

[@MiahsBug]

I tend to agree, and for that reason I went with the shorter bump stops. They were only to protect against those really hard landings. I do know they work/are needed based on the @dougbugbuilder hard landing video. With all that said the switch to bypass shocks will work better than the bumps and give me more control over the shock tuning including full bump. I’m excited 😊

[@ChasePalsson]

Set us up for disappointment saying the video wouldn't end the way we wanted it, but then gave us a gangster cliff hanger with an even better video on the way! Out of curiosity, what was the argument that convinced you that you needed EBPs up front?

[@MiahsBug]

I have no clue what I’m doing… does it show 🤣

[@MiahsBug]

I wanted bypass shocks up front for better tuning but I couldn’t justify the cost. A fellow Baja enthusiast said, “I got you”

[@ChasePalsson]

@@MiahsBug man...I need better friends that are willing to cover me 🤪 keep it up! Love the build and all the info! Hopefully I'll be doing my own here soon

[@MiahsBug]

@@ChasePalsson thanks so much. Good luck. Please share when you get started! I need more builds to follow

[@thebinderbuilder]

I'll take those bumps!😉😉🤣😂

[@MiahsBug]

They are actually really nice for the price. We’ll see where they end up

[@thebinderbuilder]

@@MiahsBug I'll be waiting! ;) ;) ;)

[@bigandlittlecountry]

IMO you don’t need anything more than a well setup 2.5” coilover with the right valving and a foam bumpstop. If you wanted to spend more money and really have a good bumpzone get a king 2.5” IBP coilover.

[@MiahsBug]

I agree. The budget mindset put me down the path of lower cost coilovers. Then wanting a progressive bump zone I went down the bump stop path. I am now installing bypass shocks because the price was right.