bottoming out...
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bottoming out...
in the summer i put on tokico blues and some really "cheap" coilovers. sometimes when i hit a dip in the road fast, my car bottoms out (and by bottoms out i dont mean scraping the frame i mean i hear a thump from the shock towers.) is this normal with a lowered suspension?
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I've heard of it happening on stock shocks but I've never heard of it happening on aftermarket shocks, esp tokico's. Sure it's not your tire hitting the inside of the fender?
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actually tokico blues are just a little stiffer then stock shocks, i highly dont recommend them
i bottomed out occasionally on my old civic....go with better shocks or at least illuminas at least io
i bottomed out occasionally on my old civic....go with better shocks or at least illuminas at least io
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I know exactly what your talking about. I put cheap oem struts with intrax springs on mine (1.75 in drop) when I hit a large dip or pothole I get the same feeling....cd player even skips sometimes.
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Are you running any sort of bump stops?
The springs may not necessarily be soft (more than likely they're pretty stiff) but you need a shock with more aggressive damping rates to properly control the motion of the springs.
Also I would ditch the crap coilovers.
The springs may not necessarily be soft (more than likely they're pretty stiff) but you need a shock with more aggressive damping rates to properly control the motion of the springs.
Also I would ditch the crap coilovers.