J__ Posted September 24, 2006 Share Posted September 24, 2006 so was doing some moutain hill climb driving with my buddies at night last night, goin 160km uphill then all of a sudden there was this HUGE dip that we didnt see, i went over, then BAM, bottomed out the car =( kinda felt like taking a boat over a wave.... i have the tokico springs with illumina shocks... didnt go short stroke... . do u guys think the shocks are messed because of that 1 time? car still feels the same as it did before. but i dont want to drop the suspension again and test the shocks lol. what r my chances? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezzzzzzz Posted September 24, 2006 Share Posted September 24, 2006 If you have bump stops and didn't actually bend anything then you're probably okay. Get it off the ground and have a good look at things down below. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J__ Posted September 24, 2006 Author Share Posted September 24, 2006 i jacked it up and looked at the bump stops, non of them were torn or anything. still looked good. i dont think anything were bent either. hopefully nothing's messed up lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMortensen Posted September 24, 2006 Share Posted September 24, 2006 If the strut blows it generally sprays oil all over the wheelwell. Looks like someone took a squirt gun and blasted the well inside. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J__ Posted September 25, 2006 Author Share Posted September 25, 2006 oh ok. nice, my wheel well was clean. but then again i had those rubber shields over the struts... but i stuck my finger in there and there was no oils, only a bit of grease on the shaft of the strut. i guess thats a good sign Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaTTSuN Posted September 26, 2006 Share Posted September 26, 2006 what mountain where u hitting?ill be sure to look out for it. I like the seymour run with my cbr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J__ Posted September 26, 2006 Author Share Posted September 26, 2006 what mountain where u hitting?ill be sure to look out for it. I like the seymour run with my cbr we went up to seymour. once u start UP themountain, there's 4 black strips about 1 feet in width running across the road. they're patches in the road i believe, anyway, the 1st and 2nd r pretty smooth and u can go over them fairly fast and be fine. i think its the 3rd or 4th (pretty sure its the third) that theres a dip after and then an uprise. it's fine if ur goin 80 or something. but anthing over 120km i would slow down. remember this is the 3rd black tar strip goin UP the mountain. be careful of it. btw where are you located? never seen ur car around i dont think. we should get some datsun ppl together and go for local cruises. not many in vancouver Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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