what hits on bumps with a lowered car??
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what hits on bumps with a lowered car??
hey guys, my car is lowered and i went over a bump today at the YMCA parking lot and i wasent careful and i hit the bump a bit fast, after the front tires went over the bump i herd a big thump! and everybody looked! im not sure if its my SFC's because there tubalar, but im guessing its most likely my trassmission crossmember hiting the floor! i dont havelong tubes either! what do u guys think? and this doesent happen often! its my first time hitting the bump a bit hard like that!
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i'm lowered and that happens to me too. all the time. just regular street driving and ill drive over a small pot hole or something i can't see beforehand and i'll here a loud, deep "thump." it's not scraping. don't think it's the y-pipe and definitely not the air dam. it sounds like maybe the rear after market springs/shocks just aren't long enough anymore so they run out of room.... i don't know a lot about cars and i could definitely be wrong so if i am it's my mistake.
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yea, maybe you guys could be right, its most likely the y pipe hitting the floor then maybe hitting the floorboard?? i know mines not as bad when i becareful but this bump just caught me offguard while i was on my phone! yea atleast its not the tranny cross member!
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i'm lowered and that happens to me too. all the time. just regular street driving and ill drive over a small pot hole or something i can't see beforehand and i'll here a loud, deep "thump." it's not scraping. don't think it's the y-pipe and definitely not the air dam. it sounds like maybe the rear after market springs/shocks just aren't long enough anymore so they run out of room.... i don't know a lot about cars and i could definitely be wrong so if i am it's my mistake.
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i'm lowered and that happens to me too. all the time. just regular street driving and ill drive over a small pot hole or something i can't see beforehand and i'll here a loud, deep "thump." it's not scraping. don't think it's the y-pipe and definitely not the air dam. it sounds like maybe the rear after market springs/shocks just aren't long enough anymore so they run out of room.... i don't know a lot about cars and i could definitely be wrong so if i am it's my mistake.
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If the bump stops haven't been cut, they will usually hit. Next time you have the rear tire off check the rear axle for a clean spot on the flat part where the bump stops meet.
I have a DS loop in my car which has a lower provision for true duals. I once in a blue moon with people in the car AND very high speed bumps will hit that part. The majority of the time I will simply scrape the driver's side cat off the speed bump if I take it a little too quick.
I have a DS loop in my car which has a lower provision for true duals. I once in a blue moon with people in the car AND very high speed bumps will hit that part. The majority of the time I will simply scrape the driver's side cat off the speed bump if I take it a little too quick.