Hello everyone,

I was wondering if anyone else has or does experiance bottoming out when you put wieght in the back of your car. Currently I have the stock V6 setup on my car. I put 140 pound of sand and a shovel in the back and the car bottoms out all the time now when I hit bumps. The added weight is for winter for traction. I feel like this isn't that much weight for the car but im not sure. I don't think its normal for it to bottom out with some extra weight in the back. Do I need to replace the shocks/springs or what? What shocks would be best to handle the extra weight for only part of the year. Do they make replacement springs that are a little stronger that don't lower the car? Would i even need replacement springs or will the stock ones be fine with new shocks installed?


Thanks for any help.

Ben

 

Well depending on how much your car is lowered you will be scrubbing bad like I used to with people in the back. I have a 2002 GT thats lowered 1.6" in the rear and 1.5" in the front and I put '93 GT shocks on the back. They are a little shorter that the '99+ so the shocks wont always be depressed. If you dont have it lowered then you need new shocks anyways. LOL