So right now my 98 gsr dc2 has full form and function coilovers. My car is all stock. The roads in my neighborhood and city are terrible and unpaved. Im not very familiar with suspension although when my car was quite lowered and i hit a bump i would clench and i feel like my car is going to break haha bumpy roads make my car feel rattly and feels like my shocks are bottoming out. I recently raised my car back to stock height and its better yet still doesnt feel anywhere near smooth and my dampeners are on the softest setting.

so i ask you guys are my shocks blown? and if i want to lower my car again with a little bit of wheel gap but want to keep a daily driven smoother ride should i invest in new coilovers or should i purchase new shocks and switch to lowering springs? im fine not being able to adjust my height and im going to get an alignment as soon as i switch.
im fine with a slightly bumpy ride as long as its smoother, just not the feeling of bottoming out or a really rattly car.

my ideal ride is a stock ride, slightly improved handling, and as low as possible without sacrificing the ride. my car is daily driven on poor quality roads.

thanks alot.

here's a picture of my car. this was when it was pretty low. it is now at stock height.

 

You can't have all 3, espically while being slammed.

Also, when you lower the car, you need to increase the spring rates, meaning ride quality will be hurt, but handling improved.

Look at Koni/GC.

 

^This

And yes, slammed = Crappy ride hehe.

 

What shocks/springs are you on now?

OE springs and "fully damped" FnF?

(reason "fully damped" in quote is because unfortunately FnF is notorious for having a really small adjustment range )

 

But I thought they were 32 way?

 

32 ways adjustment is useless, when the min and max dampen rate is most likely be the same as any competitor out there, so is not like you can set the shock to be extra soft or extra stiff...

As to marshallito, if you are slamming your car, you can kiss the ride quality and comfort good bye, unless the roads in your neighborhood is flat like F1 track with no potholes. I would suggest you rise your car back up and give it at least 1" to 1.5" fender gap. It will give you back "some" ride quality and comfort...

Another alternative wold be to upgrade Koni/GC coilover, and then get the extended tophat from GC. This way, even if you are lowered by 2", the tophat would still give you back ~2" of travel which make a lot of difference...