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Old 04-24-2018, 01:49 AM
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Wondering of anyone can help I just put new struts on it couple weeks ago thinking that would fix my problem but it didn't the car sits low in rear and bottoms out alot over bumps is there something I can do to fix this thanks

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What struts, springs and bump stops does it currently have?
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Originally Posted by Loki
What struts, springs and bump stops does it currently have?
I honestly dont know buddy but I know there not a month old
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Did it sit low before the shock change? What year is the car?

You're going to want to provide as much info as possible, most of us are not mind readers
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You don't know what struts you put on the car?
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I didn't put them on I had a shop do it
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Originally Posted by Loki
Did it sit low before the shock change? What year is the car?

You're going to want to provide as much info as possible, most of us are not mind readers
2005 and it sits maybe couple weeks at a time it's only got 61k miles on it
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Originally Posted by NotAPreppie
You don't know what struts you put on the car?
there Bilstein B6
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Did they put the wrong struts in? I seem to remember that the 09-11 Series 2 has slightly shorter shocks on the back
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^^ very possible. If you can look under the car read the part number, you should be able to find exactly what they put on there.

Are the springs original?
Did they confirm the previous shocks were actually finished?
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^^ very possible. If you can look under the car read the part number, you should be able to find exactly what they put on there.

Are the springs original?
Did they confirm the previous shocks were actually finished?
yes springs are original and the shocks were leaking
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Did you ever figure out why the the rear was bottoming out with new Bilstein B6's?

My rear stock shock is blown and was debating on putting in a set of B6's
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No I gave up and cars up forsale
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