Anyone bottom out a lot at a 2" drop?

IronHorse72

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Anyone with a 2" drop in the front and a 1.5" drop in the rear bottom out a lot? Is this a good setup for a daily driver? Or should i got with a 1.5" drop in both the front and rear?

 

bigwoofie

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I have that setup and bottom out all of the time. You really have to be careful with speed bumps and driveways with a slope.

 

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I have the drop you are talkin about and i have the same problems as big woofie but it looks killer so i just learned to deal with it and hardly ever notice it.

 

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WydOpn

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sunburst, woofie: which springs are you runnin?

 

IronHorse72

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bigwoofie said:

I have that setup and bottom out all of the time. You really have to be careful with speed bumps and driveways with a slope.

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Isn't it real bad to bottom out? Can it really mess up the car?

 

Seraphitia102

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I had H&R Super Sport springs. They dropped me 2 inches and I bottomed out a heck of a lot, and the RIDE QUALITY SUCKS LIKE MAD. I got used to the ladder but I still switched to the Eibach Pro Kit because I had trouble on speed bumps.

 

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IronHorse72 said:

Isn't it real bad to bottom out? Can it really mess up the car?

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Depends on the type of bottoming out. If it's your shocks/struts hitting the stops, that will eff them up over time or on "too hard" of a hit. If you're bottoming out frame then you can damage alot of things, exhaust, frame rails, body work, etc.

I have no idea how much my car is lowered compared to stock but it's really, really low (but with my suspension setup it's OK to be that low)...I scrape/SLAM when there are minor dips in the road; even more so when there is more weight in the car (passenger for instance).

I had Eibach Pro-Kit springs before I decided on a course with this car and they were great! Great stance, good ride quality, NEVER bottomed out except LT's on BIG speed bumps. Lowered the car about 1.5/1.5, I ended up pulling the front isolators and it looked even better (another 1/4 drop or so), but it did add some vibration and harshness.

 

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I am dropped about 2 inches on H&R SS springs. I bottom out every so often. As long as you keep in mind that you are driving a very low car, you'll do just fine. I only bottom out when I am not careful. When I am attentive to the conditions/bumps etc, I bottom out very rarely.

The part on MY car that bottoms out, is the cats on my MAC Prochamber. Everything else clears fine.

 

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flyboy86

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I have the eibach pro-kit, and i scrape on most speed bumps, but its just my h-pipe scraping, and thats because it hangs a little low.

 

TrueBlue03

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yes. before my new taller tires, my cars exhaust could not even clear a pine cone while lowered a lil bit over 2" in front.


I scrape my exhaust on everything. thats part of the reason on dont have any more cats on my slp x pipe...destroyed them and bits and peices started coming out my exhaust pipes.

If you dont want to take the time to baby your car. do NOT lower more than 1.5"


i think the pic speaks for itself.

 

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03gtdrkpny

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I've got H&R sports on my vert, and it dropped 2 inches without the iso's and I scrape my prochamber on any thing resembling a speed bump

 

bigwoofie

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I have the Eibach Pro Kit, and it is just my Mac X-pipe that scrapes.

 

IronHorse72

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Ok, I recently found out that i have to replace the rear shocks. I was thinking the Tokico Illuminas. My front struts are fine. Can i add the Eibach Pro-Kit with aftermarket shocks in the rear and keep my stock struts? Or should i just go ahead and replace them all? I mean the struts look almost brand new. Thanks

-Alex

 

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I would replace them with struts meant for lowered cars, otherwise you will kill your stock struts in a short amount of time and have to replace them anyways. Do the job once and be done with it!

 

IronHorse72

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Mossberg said:

I would replace them with struts meant for lowered cars, otherwise you will kill your stock struts in a short amount of time and have to replace them anyways. Do the job once and be done with it!

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Are the Tokico Illuminas are meant for lowered cars?

 

Mossberg

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Yes, those will be fine. Tokico uses them in their own 1.5" lowering kit.