Santa Monicar

In Dangerman's 10/21 post, he says the following about his 402'd ar:

"The body shop owner tells me that the car's previous owner had driven around in the low setting all the time. In fact, he had it so low , it probably had been sitting on or close to the bump stops. Every time it hit a bump, it tweeked the frame little by little."

My ar is not 402'd and I drive all the time in level 1, since I like the way it handles. Am I "tweaking the frame" by doing this, or is this only a concern if you have 402'd the ar AND drive all the time in level 1? My guess is it's only a problem if you've 402'd the car to a very low degree.

Thanks in advance.

All Italian

Your fine, you have to 402 it very low around 25-30mm before you can cause problems.

Woodman-ar 01

In fact, they broke the corner wheel well retaining pins upon flexing during tight turns. I'm going to use a dremel and cut the pan channels a little wider this weekend.

gragravar

I can only remember one time where I hit a bump hard enough to hit the stops. No signs of any problems after 25K miles so far.

dan farmer

No, but hitting the bump stops hard a lot will do it.

BG AR

Uh oh, and you're only 10mm down...not good!

Santa Monicar

What is a "bump stop"?

dan farmer

compression.

As you compress the suspension more and more, the parts that move are going to hit the bodyshell somewhere, eventually. There will be a hard rubber bumper mounted somewhere to cushion that blow. But it's still a blow. If you lower the car so there's only 2" of suspension travel left, and then go over a bump that generates 2.5" of suspension travel, you'll be hitting the bump stops. do it a bunch and tweak the car.

-df

moto-one

That's if the wife makes it home tonight (she has it today because I was putting new brakes on her Subi).

paulroad

But for my commute over Pot Hole Highway.. the Cross Bronx Expressway, I always go to leverl 2.