Car reacts weird to bumps at highway speed
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Took my car out the other night and was cruising at normal highway speed, about 60-70mph. Had two passengers with me. When i hit a quick dip in the road, the rear end would rebound in a circular motion or like a side to side wobbly motion. It wouldnt rebound/bounce straight up and down and felt real soft over those dips. So i got off the highway and rolled underneath. Nothing out of place or abnormal from when i last drove it. Pushed hard on the rear end to check for a blown shock and it was stiff. Im on stock suspension, any ideas?
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i have a similar problem. i talked to sam strano and these cars just have awful stock suspensions. you will notice a huge diffence ive heard when you replace the shocks with koni's. i don't know your budget but im saving up to make my car handle on rails. im saving up for koni 4/4 w/ 1.2" lower springs and 35/22 sway bars.talk to sam strano about your probs.im going to talk to him when i got the loot to blow. if you you fix your problem please pm me to see what you did.Gl man
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Don't bother with the Bilstein HD shocks. Save up for Koni. Bilstein changed their valving a couple years ago to something less appropriate. I have Bilstein HD shocks and bought them around that time. They were similar in feel to stock, but it turns out that I ended up with the new valving. I've been using them, but now that they've worn and settled for about 25k miles, I'm thinking of upgrading to Koni. Also, Bilstein HD shocks were on national backorder for a long time (several months). I don't know if they are even available anymore.
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If you don't have Sam's springs... there's the problem. Other spring companies take short cuts so the springs can be made as fast as possible and cost the manufacturer less money.
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