Bouncing out of turns
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Bouncing out of turns
I have 208 430Cabriolet, 2002, with 26k miles. Completely stock. Lately, whenever I drive aggressively in and out of turns, the car is bouncing a little after the apex as I come out. This happens whether I am accelerating out of the turn or not. This is a new phenomenon and I do not like it.
Any ideas/comments on what's going on, and what I am looking at fixing.
Any ideas/comments on what's going on, and what I am looking at fixing.
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I noticed the same thing when I would be on an on ramp or off ramp, and hit a bump or an expansion joint or something, and the car would jump off line. I got a 4 wheel alignment/ tire pressure/ wheel balance....and the jump was gone. Have you had the suspension setup checked recently?
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glad someone brought this up cause I didnt think it was a problem - i just thought it was because i was pushing the car to hard around corners...
looks like i have something else to check out
looks like i have something else to check out
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Originally Posted by cnolen1
That happened with mine to i replaced my shocks and struts and it went away they told me that my front shocks were blown.
OP had 26K miles. How many were on yours when the shocks/struts were replaced?
Is this normal? Possible worn shocks after 26k miles?!?
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It was about 70k but it could be a unknown factory problem with the shocks cause I don't think they shouldn't have really gone out then either. I thought it was because I had the AMG kit but not the AMG suspension. So I replaced the shocks and springs and now it hits bumps on corners like it should.
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Originally Posted by wnycec
glad someone brought this up cause I didnt think it was a problem - i just thought it was because i was pushing the car to hard around corners...
looks like i have something else to check out
looks like i have something else to check out
I didnt think it was a problem either until one day i was going around a corner on the highway a little faster then normal and hit a small bump i thought i was going to lose control of the car that was not cool so i immediatly had it replaced with sport shocks and springs and now in back in the fast lane
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Originally Posted by alsamrob
What did the sport shock and struts run you? Did you get it done at the stealership?
If i remember correctly they were 3 or 400 at autozone, and i had a friend that works at a shop put them on for 200.I think its an hour and a half for labor.
And i have HR springs that were fairly cheap to, Eibach's are discontinued i think.
