self inspection of my suspension?

[SIMONGUEY]

sooo lets say i was driving kinda fast right. and a dip comes out the blue!!! car sends it. i make it to the other side and everyhting looks and seems fine.

what should i inspect to make sure everything is ok? happened two months ago and am now thinking about it.

 

[Rodtheviking]

Did you check your shorts?

 

[MerlintheMad]

You didn't hit anything. There were no alarming noises accompanying the adventure. Everything felt and sounded good when you resumed, and since: I'd say carry on until something signifies. And don't do that again. Hah.

 

[SIMONGUEY]

Did you check your shorts?

110% soiled lol.

You didn't hit anything. There were no alarming noises accompanying the adventure. Everything felt and sounded good when you resumed, and since: I'd say carry on until something signifies. And don't do that again. Hah.

i have a metal plate under my car so i wasn't really worried about hearing that scrape on the floor but i am curious about my socks. the bottomed out for sure so i feel like they might be a little bent or something.

 

[nhcowboy28]

Part out.

 

[MerlintheMad]

but i am curious about my socks.

You were supposed to check your shorts. *bah-dump, swish*

 

[SIMONGUEY]

You were supposed to check your shorts. *bah-dump, swish*

Shocks* lol

 

[General_Vodka]

I have jumped my stinger before. Like all tires off the ground type of jump. Like twice. Then again I have a bunch of suspension and subframe mods so maybe the load got distributed better than stock. Since it didn't really bottom out, I would have heard a slam. If you check your alinement and everything seems fine then you should be ok. I think you would notice right away if you had a blown shock.

 

[oddball]

Shocks will be fine.

1) cosmetic damage. Look under the car for scrapes, torn air dams, rocker panel covers unsnapped, etc.

2) bent suspension components. Usually very obvious because there will be a major misalignment causing driving issues. Lift the car, remove wheels, inspect all the control arms, spindles, and tie rods to make sure they don't look bent.

3) broken suspension components. Easier to tell.

4) loss of alignment. Could have put enough force on a wheel to move an attachment point, thereby losing alignment. Usually easy to tell because the car will pull or have other odd driving tendencies.

5) bent rim. Inspect them.

Since you haven't noticed anything, pretty sure you're OK.

 

[boosted1g]

You were supposed to check your shorts. *bah-dump, swish*

Well if the socks are soiled ... the shorts are for sure soiled!

 

[SIMONGUEY]

Shocks will be fine.

1) cosmetic damage. Look under the car for scrapes, torn air dams, rocker panel covers unsnapped, etc.

2) bent suspension components. Usually very obvious because there will be a major misalignment causing driving issues. Lift the car, remove wheels, inspect all the control arms, spindles, and tie rods to make sure they don't look bent.

3) broken suspension components. Easier to tell.

4) loss of alignment. Could have put enough force on a wheel to move an attachment point, thereby losing alignment. Usually easy to tell because the car will pull or have other odd driving tendencies.

5) bent rim. Inspect them.

Since you haven't noticed anything, pretty sure you're OK.

alignment is definitely off. going to get it aligned this weekend if possible. will also jack the car up before i do an alignment and see what's up! thank you for this post tho!

 

[SIMONGUEY]

I have jumped my stinger before. Like all tires off the ground type of jump. Like twice. Then again I have a bunch of suspension and subframe mods so maybe the load got distributed better than stock. Since it didn't really bottom out, I would have heard a slam. If you check your alinement and everything seems fine then you should be ok. I think you would notice right away if you had a blown shock.

yeah lol second time also. my first time jumping the car i actually has to replace one of my shocks because it was very bent lol. i will try adding a picture

 

[boosted1g]

alignment is definitely off. going to get it aligned this weekend if possible. will also jack the car up before i do an alignment and see what's up! thank you for this post tho!

If alignment is off then there is a decent chance something bent, or a joint has failed/blown out, could also be a bent wheel

 

[SIMONGUEY]

If alignment is off then there is a decent chance something bent, or a joint has failed/blown out, could also be a bent wheel

its nothing crazy but big time! i will jack this foo up this weekend and update yall!

if my shocks are bent. would getting coil overs be the move? suspension is my weaklink with cars

 

[JSolo]

You did a knight rider turbo boost type thing?

 

[boosted1g]

You did a knight rider turbo boost type thing?

Good chance most anyone under 30 (possibly even 35) wont get that reference.

So for you all even older than I, which came first the chicken or the egg: PCs and other electronic devices having a "turbo" button as a generic term for "go faster", or Knight Rider's "turbo boost" button?

 

[nhcowboy28]

I have jumped my stinger before. Like all tires off the ground type of jump. Like twice. Then again I have a bunch of suspension and subframe mods so maybe the load got distributed better than stock. Since it didn't really bottom out, I would have heard a slam. If you check your alinement and everything seems fine then you should be ok. I think you would notice right away if you had a blown shock.