I lowered my car 2 weeks ago and had problems with the car bottoming out every now and then.
We'd push down on the rear and it felt fine.
I replaced the shocks with KYB shocks because I thought the old shocks weren't firm enough. The old shocks were actually blown, but driving in the car they seemed fine.
How do you know when they go bad?

Thanks

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Zepher
'86 Pontiac Trans Am WS6, LG4 305, 5 Speed, CF DF Clutch,
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They usually go bad by leaking their fluid out. So any oil on the bottom half of the shock is a good indicator that they are toast.

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well the ase way is very complicated, the easy shade tree way is bounce the rear end...if it "rolls" up and down then the shock is bad. I had very baddly blown struts in my 92 cam and I would have never knew had I not bounced the front and it did not refuse to go down or bounce a little.

 

I had a pair of shocks that broke internally. They would push down(compress easily), but would rebound with resistance. Kind of like drag shocks. I would bottom out, but I couldn't make the rear end bounce while checking the shocks. They weren't leaking and looked perfect. Just to let you know that the bounce method doesn't always work.

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82 camaro--original steering wheel, brake/gas pedals, seats--everything else modified
82camaro

 

My car bottomed out when I would go over any dips.... Thanks to KYB it no longer does...


BTW, when I replaced them, I pushed them down out of the top holes with one finger... now that is baaaaad.



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