1999 rear bumpstops are inferior compared to earlier years
Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2012 4:49 pm
As the title states, my stock rear bumpstops on my 1999 are inferior trash compared to ones I pulled from a 1997 at pick and pull. Stock ones are all rubber and were disintegrated at 40k miles when I purchased the van. The ones I pulled today from picknpull came off of a 1997 they have a large metal base that the rubber isolator sits in that prevents the rubber from warping at the base, also, the rubber material seems more pliable than the rubber on the ones I replaced but it's hard to say for sure because there was so little left of them. I wonder if it was a case of GM just trying to save a couple of pennies?
These are the cheap junk ones I replaced
![Image](http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/3263/20120219037.jpg)
Some comparison pics
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![Image](http://img831.imageshack.us/img831/4455/20120219031.jpg)
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These are the cheap junk ones I replaced
![Image](http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/3263/20120219037.jpg)
Some comparison pics
![Image](http://img811.imageshack.us/img811/7682/20120219029.jpg)
![Image](http://img831.imageshack.us/img831/4455/20120219031.jpg)
![Image](http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/5083/20120219030.jpg)
![Image](http://img560.imageshack.us/img560/913/20120219033.jpg)
![Image](http://img190.imageshack.us/img190/6982/20120219032.jpg)
![Image](http://img692.imageshack.us/img692/8421/20120219034u.jpg)
![Image](http://img20.imageshack.us/img20/5159/20120219035.jpg)