Why does my car ride like SHIT!!!
12-26-2006, 05:17 PM
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Why does my car ride like ****!!! Ever time i drive my car it ride like ****, if i hit a bump in the road i hear a loud clunk, even if i drive over a crack i can feel it in floorboard, what do i do, i have a bent panhard rod and am replacing them asap, but what else could this be from i am very disappointed with the ride quality with the car lately it used to be alot better than this. if i drive it and hit a bump it feels like i am going 150 down a old farm road. what can i do about this please help
12-26-2006, 05:22 PM
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Originally Posted by 02SSCamaro#9751
Ever time i drive my car it ride like ****, if i hit a bump in the road i hear a loud clunk, even if i drive over a crack i can feel it in floorboard, what do i do, i have a bent panhard rod and am replacing them asap, but what else could this be from i am very disappointed with the ride quality with the car lately it used to be alot better than this. if i drive it and hit a bump it feels like i am going 150 down a old farm road. what can i do about this please help
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12-26-2006, 05:34 PM
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no i have brand new stock shocks that were taken off of my old 99 ss that i used to have, the shocks were on for 9000 miles, i put them on the car was never lowered and will never be. i have sfc and a torque arm with poly bushing. my panhard was bent because i backed out of the drive way and my hooker catback was pushed forward because of a curb, bending my stock panhard rod. it came loose one time and made the same exact noise that my car makes now when i hit a bump, but it isn't loose this time could the bushing be bad now. please help
12-26-2006, 05:35 PM
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You are gonna have to go through a list of your suspension mods (if any) so we can help. We don't know what you have, and have no way of knowing. Without that information, we can't even begin to guess what the problem is. Seems like every time I've had clunking, it has been from either:
A. Rod-ended components
B. Loose fasteners (on the panhard rod both times oddly enough)
A. Rod-ended components
B. Loose fasteners (on the panhard rod both times oddly enough)
12-26-2006, 05:50 PM
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Well, I would check to make sure the bushings are still intact, or if anything is loose. Check the PHB brackets also to make sure they are in good shape/something else could have bent. Make sure everything is tight also, i've had the same problems with my rod-ended stuff like Meent mentioned.
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12-26-2006, 05:53 PM
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Originally Posted by 02SSCamaro#9751
no i have brand new stock shocks that were taken off of my old 99 ss that i used to have, the shocks were on for 9000 miles, i put them on the car was never lowered and will never be. i have sfc and a torque arm with poly bushing. my panhard was bent because i backed out of the drive way and my hooker catback was pushed forward because of a curb, bending my stock panhard rod. it came loose one time and made the same exact noise that my car makes now when i hit a bump, but it isn't loose this time could the bushing be bad now. please help
sfc's do not improve ride quality, the improve performance
fix your pan hard rod and the clank is prolly YOUR BENT CATBACK HITTING
get under the car and shake it around, see whats hitting, and use your head, if something moved and the ride changed, thats prolly it
also the new shocks could be different, seeing as 99 doesnt ahve the same shocks as 02, so that might also be your difference
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12-26-2006, 07:56 PM
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is it bad to be running a prokit on stock shocks I'd like to get qa1's eventually but they are $$$!
It's not exactly great to run them on stock shocks, but they'll probably be worse on QA1's. That makes the stock shocks look like a "minimal performance" bargain.....
12-26-2006, 08:08 PM
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Originally Posted by CMKworm
what's a better option for shocks/springs?
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12-27-2006, 06:44 AM
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what about for drag racing?
12-27-2006, 01:58 PM
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That whole "You can drag race a road racing car, but you can't road race a drag racing car", applies here. Get the better shocks, your *** and car will thank you for it.
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12-27-2006, 04:36 PM
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Originally Posted by Jon B.
That whole "You can drag race a road racing car, but you can't road race a drag racing car", applies here. Get the better shocks, your *** and car will thank you for it.
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It doesn't usually win any arguments though
12-27-2006, 10:06 PM
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Originally Posted by MeentSS02
What about my wallet? What does it say? It says, "Leave it stock."
It doesn't usually win any arguments though
It doesn't usually win any arguments though
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