My ride feels like poop!

[Race94]

Hey guys,
well my ride was awful before, seemed i have front shocks blown, i replace those with tokico illuminas and the rear with GR-2's w/stock springs. Thing is my ride still sucks, when i hit pot holes the car sways and sound like it's going to break or something and takes them really hard, i really hate the way it feels/rides.

What can i change that maybe will improve the ride? bushings? springs? wheels? aligment? tires???

Helpp pleassee!

 

[HeDog]

So you have stock springs on all 4 corners? If that's the case, it kind of sounds like you may be bottoming out when you go over bumps. The initial thing that I thought of when I first read your post is the KYB's in the rear. They don't have the range of motion like Tokicos do. I had initially bought KYB AGX's for my car because they were adjustable, but I had heard that people had a tendency to bottom out with 'em.

Once I bought My Tokicos I compared the 2 brands side by side & I think that the Tokicos had about 1-1.5" more in range. I can't remember the exact amount for sure because it was about 3 years ago that I bought them.

You should maybe also look at upgrading your springs.

Hope this helps.

 

[Race94]

i really don't know what to change, i am going to put on some springs, possibly tein because of the drop since the streets here suck.
Thing is the other day i was riding on my buddys integra and it felt awesome on stock shocks/springs, and here i am with aftermarket shocks and my ride is horrible, when i go through a street that has many bumps on the road(bumpy road) at moderate speed the car shakes and rattles all around, really scares me and makes me hate my car. If anyone could help that would be cool, i will put springs on my list, hope someone can help with other things.

 

[Race94]

help?

 

[nutshot]

SO, how are the new springs?

 

[Race94]

haven't put them in yet, but i am waiting to see if anyone thinks i should change bushings or what not since i can do it all at once.

 

[bryan_tberry]

dude im having the exact same problem but a little different. my ride is so bouncy and rail road tracks, bad roads, and not to mention the DIRT EFFIN ROAD i live on throw my car all around and sometimes i hit my gawddamn head on the ceiling. its pretty horrible and when i hard corner, my car bounces with the road horribly. My setup now is a set of DropZone coilovers that lower the car about 2 inches all the way around. Its still on stock struts, but im having KYB GR-2's put on tomorrow. Im hoping this helps. If my ride gets to be alot better ill let you know. maybe you can mimic my setup.

 

[jtmcinder]

You have a 2G that is dropped 2" on low-rate springs, which means that you're slamming the bumpstops. Installing shocks that are the same length is not going to help (at least you didn't get AGXs). You needed to get shorter shocks (e.g., Konis) or raise the car.

- Jtoby

 

[bryan_tberry]

so what i got wont do anything. great. its gonna be fun explaining this one to my mom who used insurance money to buy these dampeners.

 

[jtmcinder]

Slow down. Relax.

Here's what you do. Go get four zip-ties. Put them around the shock shafts - tightly - right above the shocks. Drive the car around on the roads that bother you. Look at the zip-ties. They are now wedged up in the bump-stops. Bad.

Raise the car. (You've got coil-overs ... use them.) Repeat the above.

Keep doing this until the zip-ties do not end up wedged into the bump-stops. Notice how much nicer the ride is.

Thank mom (again) for spending money on your car.

Then go get the car aligned before you shred your tires. The toe is way off.

- Jtoby

ps. the purpose of shocks is to make the car less bouncy, not to make the underside wet; this is why they are called dampers, not dampeners; you don't drive a Honda, so stop talking as if you do

 

[STECARS]

hold up i have same problem with a 95 gst. my mechanic said it was lower control arms. $700. so i ignored it . few months later while in a stop sign inching up the damn thing broke and my axle shaft [arm] popped out too . it looked nastty. so i did $700 fix and did both sides new lower control arms. then i got the top of the line monroe shocks, installed. so final is my car no longer rattles but rides hard as hell still .
my cousin has a 97 esi and that thing rides sweet all stock, so what happend with the 95 tsi's.

 

[STECARS]

hold up i have same problem with a 95 gst. my mechanic said it was lower control arms. $700. so i ignored it . few months later while in a stop sign inching up the damn thing broke and my axle shaft [arm] popped out too . it looked nastty. so i did $700 fix and did both sides new lower control arms. then i got the top of the line monroe shocks, installed. so final is my car no longer rattles but rides hard as hell still .
my cousin has a 97 esi and that thing rides sweet all stock, so what happend with the 95 tsi's.

 

[Wobble]

once you go lower than about 1.5 inch below stock your car is just gonna handle worse the lower you go, because you are lessening the travel of the suspension so much that it cannot properly do its job anymore... even the best suspension needs room to travel up and down enough to properly compensate for bumps and stuff.. if your so low that any little bump bottoms you out then even the best stuff is not gonna do much good.

 

[STECARS]

I UNDERSTAND ^^^^^^^^^ BUT MY CAR IS ALL STOCK

 

[Wobble]

I KNOW.. I WAS JUST SAYING...


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