Rear shocks..

[Awretham]

Ok guys I have had my car lowered now for awhile and at 1st due to money didn't have uprated shocks all round just on the rear, I know a strange thing to do as I said it was due to money and a good deal smileys/happy.gif anyway my front shocks bottomed out about a week ago which to be fair I have been waiting for, I ordered my new front bilsteins smileys/happy.gif and they came 2day however over the last few days I have been gettin a nasty knocking noise for the rear when going over rough road and also a creak aswell. Well 2night I got out a pressed down to test both rear shocks, they both felt soft and the left hand shock when pressed sqeaked and made an hissing noise.. Am I right in saying my backs are buggered? And is this because I didn't uprate the fronts at the same time or due to maybe me driving on bottomed fronts for so long? Any help very much appreciated cheers guys

[Scott]

what shocks are they and how much are you lowered by? it may just be a characteristic of the shocks?

[Awretham]

I have bilstein sprint shocks and am down 40-50mm at the rear, so I cant see why this would cause any real problems :'(

[Scott]

hmm me either especially with the sprints as they are meant for bigger drops smileys/smiley5.gif

it does sound as though they may be a bit buggered but i cant work out why

[saxosex]

sounds buggered.
the reason you bottomed out though is the fact that you have not got uprated torsion bars. im hoping one day people might see things properly. lowering a torsion bar is almost the same as cutting a spring. the 'spring rate' is exactly the same whereas proper lowering springs are uprated. the damper is working harder than it should be to soak up the bumps,when its really there to just control the bounce of the suspension.

and bilstein sprint/sport dampers do feel soft for a reason,they are digressivly valved. meaning they feel soft when needed,and solid when needed. pushing down on them is no real indication of how hard they are.