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Originally posted by mike100:
the timbren spring stops will work, but they are kind of long and need the lift to maintain some semblence of spring travel before getting into the rubber part.

I shortened my mount a bit, and have two sets... one which is short and fits well at stock height, but a very hard hit still slams some.....

and the full short spring, which will not slam ever, but engages kind of early on during suspension movement without the lift. Have plans to try out some kind of modest lift soon, I just would rather avoid any VDC side effects...we'll see.

I have a few new photos of the bumpstop combinations I made up..let me know and i'll put them together in one post.
Mike,

I think Timbren has changed the kit a bit since you bought it. You installed yours before I did mine, and you got busy modifying the mounting plate to suit your needs right away, which was cool. I went the other direction. I called Timbren tech support, explained the problem, and they shipped me shorter springs for free. The shorter springs were still a bit hard, however, so I let them know... and they sent me ANOTHER set of the shorter springs, this time softer. So, end result is, I have a stock suspension with a very conservative Timbren SES and it rides like a dream. The shorter springs ride just like Timbren says they should: 1-2" above the rear axle. With me as a guinea pig I believe they have modified their 05+ Xterra kit as well.