My car is a crx, its lower to about 8 inches off the ground, it doesnt have coilovers on it, just the old kind springs that are already low cut and regular shocks. When im driving on the highway , its a really smooth ride. Around here are city roads which in other peoples ride are fine, but in mine a bump in the road feels like im hitting a curb doing 60, when im only going 40 or so. And my exhaust which isnt loose at all and still has 8 inches of ground clearance still bottoms out really easily. i keep about 26 psi in the front and 35 psi in the back tires. So im wondering if getting coilover springs would fix this or if i need
shocks, and if so what are some good cheap shocks for a lowered car, that i can get on ebay.
Thanks for the help

 

replace your cut springs and shocks with a stiffer setup. this will help you not bottom out.

 

I think you have a list of issues here likely. I am not sure where the 8 inch measurement is taken from so we can't really judge the height. Cutting any spring is a last ditch thing as it generally guarantees that your spring rate will be too low for your ride height which will invite bottoming. Your lowering without having good dampers is also working against you as well. It makes compelte sense that the car rides fine on the smooth roads as the body is not really moving much so it need little control. Once you get on a roud with any undulations or bumps such that the body will start moving, then your cut springs and insufficient dampers will begin to show their lack of capability.

Finally, why would you have 26 psi front and 35 psi rear in the tires? Idoubt this is helping the car much either.

 

so getting coil overs will improve it

 

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Not necessarily. Getting better damper and better springs will improve it. You don't need coil-overs to improve it and I would add that getting coil-overs actually might risk making it worse if they are not very good or poorly adjusted.

You are starting pretty low on the suspension food chain so any move to better parts is going to make it better.