cparker
06-06-2011, 11:23 AM
Is the oem stuff all black? I was poking around under the car and at 93k miles it looks like the car has original struts and shocks. Is this a reasonable assumption?
When I go over bumps at speed, my LF tire rubs the fender liner a bit. This led me to believe that my LF strut is shot. I'm running 20x8.5 35mm Zenetti Mystic wheels with 225/35r20 Toyo proxes tires.
I guess I really don't know how to diagnose bad struts/shocks. I've always heard of doing the "bounce" test, but I've tried that on cars with blown out shocks before and it really didn't tell me anything. The car is new to me, so I have no baseline to compare the handling on new struts/shocks.
When I go over bumps at speed, my LF tire rubs the fender liner a bit. This led me to believe that my LF strut is shot. I'm running 20x8.5 35mm Zenetti Mystic wheels with 225/35r20 Toyo proxes tires.
I guess I really don't know how to diagnose bad struts/shocks. I've always heard of doing the "bounce" test, but I've tried that on cars with blown out shocks before and it really didn't tell me anything. The car is new to me, so I have no baseline to compare the handling on new struts/shocks.