[Bvogt]

Has anyone installed the B14 (PSS) kit for the CtD?

 

[916LTZCRZ]

Hello everyone i am pretty sure i will be ordering the b4s as the 6s are not available anymore and i dont need the extra love i think the 4s will greatly improve the drive over the never changed 200k miles struts that have been thru 2 crashes now lol.

My question is besides new mounts do i need those front strut bumpers ? i cant seem to find any pictures or youtube videos if anyone replaced those or not. I plan on keeping original springs unless i need to get new ones.

Thanks.

 

[Blasirl]

Hello everyone i am pretty sure i will be ordering the b4s as the 6s are not available anymore and i dont need the extra love i think the 4s will greatly improve the drive over the never changed 200k miles struts that have been thru 2 crashes now lol.

My question is besides new mounts do i need those front strut bumpers ? i cant seem to find any pictures or youtube videos if anyone replaced those or not. I plan on keeping original springs unless i need to get new ones.

Thanks.

What do you mean? Can you take a picture of them?

 

[Blasirl]

Has anyone installed the B14 (PSS) kit for the CtD?

I've installed the B8's on my 1.4

 

[916LTZCRZ]

What do you mean? Can you take a picture of them?

i think i found it here is a picture from another member

https://www.cruzetalk.com/attachments/gopr0009-jpg.14671/

 

[Bvogt]

 

[MP81]

Hello everyone i am pretty sure i will be ordering the b4s as the 6s are not available anymore and i dont need the extra love i think the 4s will greatly improve the drive over the never changed 200k miles struts that have been thru 2 crashes now lol.

My question is besides new mounts do i need those front strut bumpers ? i cant seem to find any pictures or youtube videos if anyone replaced those or not. I plan on keeping original springs unless i need to get new ones.

Thanks.

The B6s are still available - I just bought a pair of the rear shocks off Tire Rack, since they were previously unobtanium and I didn't feel like needing them later and not being able to get them.

 

[Blasirl]

i think i found it here is a picture from another member

https://www.cruzetalk.com/attachments/gopr0009-jpg.14671/

front strut bumpers ?

 

[Bvogt]

The B6s are still available - I just bought a pair of the rear shocks off Tire Rack, since they were previously unobtanium and I didn't feel like needing them later and not being able to get them.

Are the 6’s just an upgraded stock version?

 

[MP81]

Are the 6’s just an upgraded stock version?

I would consider them to be "Stock Plus". They're meant for stock ride height, but provide a pretty sizeable performance improvement without being very detrimental to the ride (if at all).

 

[Bvogt]

That sounds good, I was looking at the kits, but there are all lowering. Not the ride I would like. Everyone says they are pretty rough. My body has been through enough (my physical one)

 

[916LTZCRZ]

The B6s are still available - I just bought a pair of the rear shocks off Tire Rack, since they were previously unobtanium and I didn't feel like needing them later and not being able to get them.

yeah i saw on another shock site they were up for purchase. I dont know if i want the extra height in the back considering what xtreme said about them being taller by a little. and i have them on a ranger in the backs and i dont need if i need that much on the cruze. I think i will get the b4 set its only 314 for all 4. and i will use money spent on b6 set on strut bars that should more than compensate in performance difference for the upgrade to b6 over the 4s.

 

[916LTZCRZ]

front strut bumpers ?

that or the bumper/shock absorber bump stop dont know correct name

 

[MP81]

yeah i saw on another shock site they were up for purchase. I dont know if i want the extra height in the back considering what xtreme said about them being taller by a little. and i have them on a ranger in the backs and i dont need if i need that much on the cruze. I think i will get the b4 set its only 314 for all 4. and i will use money spent on b6 set on strut bars that should more than compensate in performance difference for the upgrade to b6 over the 4s.

Struts/shocks don't control height - the springs do. The B6 struts/shocks will make more of a difference in performance than the strut bars could ever hope to. Both would be the best, but we're talking two very different things here. The strut bars just help stiffen up the chassis a little whereas the struts/shocks affect dampening and thus are completely dynamic in the change they create.

I just bought a RF B6 strut and will be keeping an eye out for an LF strut when I see one because those appear to backordered now. Go figure!

 

[Bvogt]

Struts/shocks don't control height - the springs do. The B6 struts/shocks will make more of a difference in performance than the strut bars could ever hope to. Both would be the best, but we're talking two very different things here. The strut bars just help stiffen up the chassis a little whereas the struts/shocks affect dampening and thus are completely dynamic in the change they create.

I just bought a RF B6 strut and will be keeping an eye out for an LF strut when I see one because those appear to backordered now. Go figure!

I saw the same thing on tire rack. How do they only have rights? Are people not replacing/ordering them in pairs? Maybe the factory workers who make the lefts are in strike…🤔

 

[Blasirl]

that or the bumper/shock absorber bump stop dont know correct name

Yes you should keep the bump stops. Some have shaved them, but I have not. They are your travel limiters that keep the suspension from hitting metal to metal.

 

[916LTZCRZ]

Struts/shocks don't control height - the springs do. The B6 struts/shocks will make more of a difference in performance than the strut bars could ever hope to. Both would be the best, but we're talking two very different things here. The strut bars just help stiffen up the chassis a little whereas the struts/shocks affect dampening and thus are completely dynamic in the change they create.

I just bought a RF B6 strut and will be keeping an eye out for an LF strut when I see one because those appear to backordered now. Go figure!

i thought i read xtreme saying it increased his height and they were longer by a couple millis. but for the price of them on tire rack im just going to do it big lol for 119 for both rears thats a great deal the other site i was on wanted 247 for the pair haha. ordering them now. im doing the work myself anyways so buy a few mounts and dampers im good!

thats why i love this forum we gain knowledge from eachother +

 

[916LTZCRZ]

119 for each

 

[MP81]

Ah yes, I do see that now - I expect that's just an initial gain and likely will drop down back to normal over time as it settles.

 

[Bvogt]

I think this thread is solely responsible for the depleted supply of B6’s…