Front end clunk

[Rittmeister]

My car is at the shop. My mechanic is wondering about the rubber insulator at the BOTTOM of the springs in front. It's pretty dried out. Can anyone speak to this at all? I've worked on plenty of cars that don't have any rubber at all at the bottom of the spring (by design that is), and had no problem.

 

Also - on a side note, how would I verify that I have the proper springs to go with my Bilstein struts? I bought them all (used) here on the board, as a complete setup, but I'm wondering if somehow the springs aren't the originals. They're black like OEM, and have one white paint splotch on the upper coil, and the lower coil has a pink spot and a blue spot.

Edited August 10, 2020 by Rittmeister