Bottoming out? Need help.

[sceneiskeen]

I just put new tires and rims on the car.

got 19 inch professionally painted black corvette rims on the back.
285/35/19 i think

and 245/45/18 on the front. same paint scheme.

today i was driving around, and the back wheels kept hitting the top of the fenderwell when hitting decent size spots on the road.

I replaced the shocks on the back just recently.

and the car is leaning hard to the left sitting flat.
Example. i can get two fingers between the tire and the top of the wheel well on one side and can get four fingers between the tire and top of the wheel well on the other side.

what could help me stop the tires hitting the wheel well. and what could have my car lower on the left side.

[zpwn06]

Re: Bottoming out? Need help.

what could have my car lower on the left side.

are you really fat?

[flamingchicken]

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either your tires are to tall, wide, or you have the wrong offset. its not a suspension issue. i have 17 inch rims, with 275/40/17, which isnt that big, but the offset of the rim is wrong for my car...

picture maybe?

[stevethepirate]

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I would LOL if you had one 18 and one 19 on the back.

[bwkmaro]

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im accually having the same problem and i replaced both rear spings and shocks and still have the prob so tomm im gunna try and get to the bottom of it but i think it might be a front strut or sping on my car car cause they r real front heavy it would bring the rear down to. idk but if i find out ill hit u up

[sceneiskeen]

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are you really fat?

No. im not obese. i wouldnt be causing the lean.

either your tires are to tall, wide, or you have the wrong offset. its not a suspension issue. i have 17 inch rims, with 275/40/17, which isnt that big, but the offset of the rim is wrong for my car...

picture maybe?

Um i can get pictures give me a day or so, its dark now. its got the 19's on the back 285/35/19. its got adapters to lengthen the and two spacers on each side. and its stock corvette rims. they look like this.

Guy before me had them on a firebird same setup and he had no problems.

I would LOL if you had one 18 and one 19 on the back.

Im not a idiot. both tires are on the right side. :P

im accually having the same problem and i replaced both rear spings and shocks and still have the prob so tomm im gunna try and get to the bottom of it but i think it might be a front strut or sping on my car car cause they r real front heavy it would bring the rear down to. idk but if i find out ill hit u up

Well my damn car is leaning to the left and no one can give me help or ideas on wtf it is causing it.

[sceneiskeen]

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[flamingchicken]

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well, they look good.
did it lean before the swap?

so, check where it is bottoming out, axle, or is it hitting the tire?

[sceneiskeen]

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It bottomed out before the tire swap, and the frame was hitting the ground. but now since bigger tires. the frame doesnt.

But the back tires hit the wheel well when i hit decent size bumps. i got to install the two spacers that came with it for each side and see if that fixes it. i forgot to put them on.

and no the car has leaned since before i got it. i think it may be struts or springs in the back.

[97RSRPV]

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did you go through and check the sway bar mounts, trailing arms etc.?

[Larrymhemenez]

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Hey Sceneiskeen i have the same problem its the Panhard bar you need an Adjustable one also get some Bump stops for the rear end And it will fix your problem boy

[TheGr8Schlotzky]

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If it's leaning that bad and the frame is hitting the ground, you might have a broken coil or something on your springs. Might try replacing or even taking them out and comparing them. Supposedly it's easy as cake to get the springs out in the back.

[sceneiskeen]

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I will check in the the bump stops, where can i purchase them. and is there a install of a picture of where they go, and how.

and i need to look into that TheGr8Schlotzky.

[TheGr8Schlotzky]

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if you have the wheel out, it's pretty obvious in the back where the bump stops are. dead center over the axle right when the body of the car comes down toward the axle. Held on by two bolts (10mm?)

Autozone sells them, I think they even sell poly ones, but the pictures they have online don't have any mounting hardware but it may just be the pic.

[Larrymhemenez]

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also if your coils arent bad think about getting the PANHARd bar adjustable you need it so your car can be level thas why mine leans to one one right after i lowered it and put on 18's and i had wheel rub just like you sounds like we got the same problem and i had brand new shocks and springs