I was taking a group of friends to lunch (4 people in car including me) and when I went over a speed bump in the parking lot (at very slow speed) the rear bottomed out. This is the first time I have had this car loaded with this much weight in back. Would new springs or shocks prevent this from happening? I suspect that it would only be worse if lowered.

 

if this is w/ stock springs and struts, i think u gotta tell ur friends to loose some weight. when i was stock i had 5 people in my car and no problem.

 

making ANY adjustments to the suspension will only make it worse.

 

Yep, the car has stock springs and struts. Of course, one of the guys in the backset stands 6'5".

 

that explains it

 

I had three guys in my backseat and I have a big sub box too. Probably close to 600 total pounds back there. And my car is lowered. We went over a speed bump and I seriously thought that a gun went off in my trunk. It was so loud. I got out to see if any parts were laying there and it was fine. I took it REALLy easy the rest of the trip, but it made pounding noise the whole way.

 

yeah if you change your shocks you're only going to make it worse.

 

Get Switches !!

car go up
car go down

 

mannnnn if i already had 19" rims, my stillen kit and a custom trunk done, AND another 2300 sitting around, believe me id get switches over a SC anyday
atw

 

drive slower

 

You keep a gun in your trunk?

 

Yeah and a couple of dead hookers too...... Got a problem with that?

Actually, no, it was just a very loud noise that resembled a gunshot.

 

yeah, I get noises that resemble dead hookers too