Suspension help? Not sure whats wrong

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Oct 4, 2011 | 08:47 PM

rawrjaay

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Suspension help? Not sure whats wrong

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Oct 4, 2011 | 08:52 PM

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Re: Suspension help? Not sure whats wrong

Are you complaining about the bounce as well? If so, what did you expect? Lowering the car will make it bounce. This aint no Lexus.

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Oct 4, 2011 | 08:54 PM

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Re: Suspension help? Not sure whats wrong

Before anyone flames... and this gets closed... That is TYPICAL. The car is lowered on sleeve coilovers so it's going to be stupid bouncy ESPECIALLY if the stock struts are in bad shape and/or blown. Second, the squealing is more than likely your trailing arm bushing. They typically go bad almost within days of having an "older" car lowered.

Oct 4, 2011 | 08:56 PM

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Oct 4, 2011 | 09:01 PM

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Re: Suspension help? Not sure whats wrong

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How can i check to see if that is the noise? any ideas?

Go to that wheel and bonce the car by hand or have a friend bounce it while you stick your head down there and listen.

Oct 4, 2011 | 09:06 PM

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Oct 4, 2011 | 09:06 PM

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Re: Suspension help? Not sure whats wrong

Yeah... Wobble the car back in forth with your hands from the rear. Typically if it squeaks it will be your trailing arm bushings.

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Oct 4, 2011 | 09:07 PM

99civ

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Re: Suspension help? Not sure whats wrong

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thank you! (: ill do that tomorrow! since its night here, but i will do that tomorrow. Are my shocks blown or whatever the last person said?

Im not sure how i could tell, but they didnt look blown when i put them on or when i was moving them or anything before the installation

If they "bounce" that much they are blown if not just old... That's the issue with "new" coilovers on "older STOCK struts"... Hence why full coilovers provide you with a new strut.

Oct 4, 2011 | 09:22 PM

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Oct 4, 2011 | 09:30 PM

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Re: Suspension help? Not sure whats wrong

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ohh ok, so they are on stock struts??

the coilovers in the pictures, is how i got them, they came with the struts, i couldnt tell if they were stock, but obviously they are... I guess i would have to buy struts in order for them to be stiff right? Since its my daily driver...

thank you for helping me out so far, you honestly made me happy not being a dick and helping me..

Correct. To make them "stiff" you'd have to go to an aftermarket strut. KYB, koni, etc.

Oct 5, 2011 | 04:51 AM

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Re: Suspension help? Not sure whats wrong

Thread is full of fail other than people mentioning the possibility of blown shocks.
What spring rates are they? OBX (fail) coilovers are garbage. They were garbage when they came out 10 years ago. You inherited someone's garbage.
If you want a non-bouncy ride then get spring (quality!!!, reputable!!!) with higher spring rates. The higher the rate the stiffer the ride. It makes no difference that they are sleeves or full coilovers. Are the stock shocks blown? THAT will make your ride bouncy. I'm guessing that's why you got them for free.

Once again "rawrjaay" you cheaped out and now you're paying for it. Even if they were free I wouldn't have put those on my car.

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Oct 5, 2011 | 05:51 AM

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Re: Suspension help? Not sure whats wrong

They do appear to be stock shocks, which will blow pretty quickly if lowered more than maybe 1.5 inches. I would just go with stock until you have money for better components. Those coilovers might be alright but you would definitely need new shocks. If you're looking to be lowered you'll need a performance shock as well, not just stock replacements.