I recently installed a set of Ractive coilover springs on my 00ls and it is botteming out pretty bad hear, everyone i talk to says it shouldn't be happening. I was wondering what the problem might be, the front end sits right above the tire and the back is about half an inch off it. any help would be great!

I'm sorry if you have heard this before of if this seems like a dumb question but all the help I get on hear turns out great.

 

what are the rates on the springs? if they are real low/soft it would be easy to bottom out

 

are you using the stock strut

 

those stock struts are no good if thats what your using

 

blown shocks.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Mike Mafia &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I recently installed a set of Ractive coilover springs on my 00ls and it is botteming out pretty bad hear, everyone i talk to says it shouldn't be happening. I was wondering what the problem might be, the front end sits right above the tire and the back is about half an inch off it. any help would be great!

I'm sorry if you have heard this before of if this seems like a dumb question but all the help I get on hear turns out great.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Ractive? you might as well just cut your stock springs.

 

Ractive coilovers? IMO i would drop those for a nice set and springs and shocks.

 

would new struts solve this problem or would it be best to drop the springs in favor of a whole new set with springs and shocks?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Mike Mafia &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">would new struts solve this problem or would it be best to drop the springs in favor of a whole new set with springs and shocks?</TD></TR></TABLE>

you'll just blow out your new shocks in a few weeks/months if you keep those shitty *** springs.

in order to keep "some" ride quality you need to get a MATCHED set of springs/struts.

i.e. struts that have travel matched to that of the springs they are sold with. this of course costs more than ebay/pepboys specials (such as ractive) but in the long run costs you less in maintainence/dental work.

 

did you put the right springs in the front and back???

 

Did you cut your bumpstops when you installed the springs ?

Was there anything in the instructions about cutting them?