Rear end bottoming out
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Rear end bottoming out If I carry 3 passengers my rear end bottoms out with metal to metal contact since I had to cut off the jounce bumpers to clear my 17x11 rims.
Any suggestions like air shocks, coil over shocks, airbags inside coil springs etc to help bottoming out. My car is not lowered.
Leo
Any suggestions like air shocks, coil over shocks, airbags inside coil springs etc to help bottoming out. My car is not lowered.
Leo
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Re: Rear end bottoming out </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by 2000 Camaro SS:
<strong>carry 2 passengers! Your going to have to tell one of the three people you can't be friends anymore. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Sad]" src="gr_sad.gif" /> </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Yeah but it's my daugter and 2 of her friends. They are all 15 yrs and pretty good sized kids. 140 pounds each. They go to the movies a lot and have to pick them all up.
Leo
<strong>carry 2 passengers! Your going to have to tell one of the three people you can't be friends anymore. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Sad]" src="gr_sad.gif" /> </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Yeah but it's my daugter and 2 of her friends. They are all 15 yrs and pretty good sized kids. 140 pounds each. They go to the movies a lot and have to pick them all up.
Leo
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Re: Rear end bottoming out In all seriousness I have used air bags on a few cars on mine with very good results. None where Fbodys but I know it will fix your problem. A plus is you can adjust them very easily.
Re: Rear end bottoming out I agree. Put an airbag in each of the rear springs and keep em pumped up to a couple psi everytime you go out with them. Instead of bottoming out you'll 'bottom out' on the airbag, which is a lot cushier than metal <img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="gr_stretch.gif" />
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