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Old Feb 23, 2010 | 01:39 PM
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i just bought some megan coilovers for my 99 integra and i had semi new kyb shocks already.. yestereday i lowered it all the way and it jumps like a lowrider? idk if i should change shocks? or the coilover? any help?
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Old Feb 23, 2010 | 01:44 PM
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a friend recommends getting the skunk 2 shocks from ebay... he says i will be fine with those.. $(300)??? any suggestions??
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Old Feb 23, 2010 | 02:04 PM
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Im guessing you may have a blow shocks. W/o dampening from the shock you'll just bounce.
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Old Feb 23, 2010 | 02:13 PM
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cus before i slammed it.. the ride was good... and as soon as i lowered it. it was all bad..? so shocks replace? u think?
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Old Feb 23, 2010 | 02:22 PM
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It's cuz your riding on your bumpstops. If it was the shocks, it would have rode like **** before you dropped it.
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Old Feb 23, 2010 | 03:26 PM
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Default Re: ride too bouncy?

Originally Posted by turbo82
It's cuz your riding on your bumpstops. If it was the shocks, it would have rode like **** before you dropped it.
Probably true, right here.

Bouncy is under damped. Lowering the car into the bumpstops increases the effective spring rate, which can leave a previously adequately damped car suddenly under damped.

It could also be that the new ride height is outside of the optimal range of the shock, reducing its ability to control the spring rate, which is very common for stock and stock equivalent shocks.

Of course, it could also just be that the car wasn't aligned after the ride height change, and the massive toe values are making the car feel wrong.
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Old Feb 23, 2010 | 03:58 PM
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Megan coilovers are crazylike hard.

In any case, your shocks can't damp them enough, or soon will.
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Old Feb 23, 2010 | 07:42 PM
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i have the same coilovers and shocks. as soon as i lower the car the shocks blow. i have lifetime warrenty on the shocks and ive been through 2 pairs of shocks in a couple of months. right now im looking to buy new suspension cuz im tired of these missions
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Old Feb 24, 2010 | 06:30 PM
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Buy better equipment or raise the car up. Those are your two choices.
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