Bottoming Out

[blinkwatt]

How many of you guys with coilovers and lowering springs have bottoming out issues with your car?

I'm finding that I'm scraping the bottom part of the car past the bumper. I'm not even sure what that area is but I'm sure it shouldn't be scraping.

[ChrisZang]

when you write "bottom out" do you mean that the suspension has no more travel and the car gets rock hard or do you mean that you have problems on driveways and speedbumps etc... ?

[blinkwatt]

Originally Posted by ChrisZang

when you write "bottom out" do you mean that the suspension has no more travel and the car gets rock hard or do you mean that you have problems on driveways and speedbumps etc... ?

Driveways,sorry.

The worst is going up and down my driveway every day.....I don't like the sounds and marks it's leaving underneath the car.

[Topless]

It is a problem. I have a steep driveway and after checking clearances decided that lowering my car is not an option. My car only clears by 1/4 inch now!

[dmcutter]

I got my car with Eibachs and it was a major issue. Mostly just scraped the plate behind the bumper but in Pittsburgh last summer I hit a major bump in the road and demoed the whole length of the underbody tray. When I got my KW V3s put on I told them to raise the front an inch above where it was with the Eibachs but I still scrape a fair amount.

[ekam]

Your suspension is not "bottoming out". It's just scraping because your car is too low. Have you checked the tire pressure recently? Or perhaps you haven't been to the gym for a while?