My first stumper. Drove down to nc to participate in the dragon. 2200 miles later I'm home, driving around. I'm on the parkway and I start to slalom left and right. I notice a lot more rear body roll and the car is bouncier. I immediately check my suspension and I see black caked residue on my lower shock mounts on my coilovers and fluid residue at the tops. I send all corners out to get serviced. New seals, new fluid, get it done right. Coilovers come back, doesn't look like they took the spring or top hat off to service this rebuild able coilover. I get them back on my car and the ride feels exactly the same. What rear subframe or rear mounts could be broke to cause this body roll and bounciness? Or did I just get played and the company who serviced my coilovers didn't do shit and sent back my beat up coilovers with just a wipe down. This car does not feel right. And I had a great alignment done after the install. I just don't understand.

 

Did you check the shock piston action on your coilovers before you sent them out? When you got them back did you get a receipt with what service was done on them? Are they still leaking?

 

I just put them back in the car. I did not check the shock piston action, I assumed by the feel of the car and the fluid leaking that there was a problem. Everything was covered under warranty and I was given a shock dyno plot when returned. Car feels the same. Are there any rear subframe mounts I should look at

 

Maybe your subframe bolts, or the suspension bushings, but that wouldn't explain the leaking.

 

The shocks could have been leaking, but that wasn't what was really wrong and that you felt. Its good they were fixed, 'cause it sounds like they were an issue, just maybe not the current issue.

Look at the sway bar end links. Also, how are the tires? Thread depth, pressure. Its amazing what worn tires will do to handling.

If there was an issue with bushings or ball joints that could cause handling issues, it should have been found when they did the alignment, if they did a proper check.

 

Everything looks good. I'm going to billman and let him inspect and drive the car. Could you imagine a suspension company stating they serviced your coilovers and didn't do anything but wipe down the shock body and give u a fake dyno plot. That's my worst case assumption because they feel exactly the same. In 10 clicks from hardest damper setting and it's like I'm driving a f@#king pogo stick. I need some explanations, because I physically want to knock someone's teeth out for wasting my time mostly and my money.

 

not the first time ive read different accounts of fortune autos doing something erratic....

 

I've had them in my car for 12k miles all was great. It feels like if they did service my parts I prob got a wipe down and maybe new fluid, but I won't know until it leaks again. Then I would believe no seals were changed. I won't know until the end of the week, then I'm chewing heads off

 

Why don't you ask to see a copy of the work order?

 

I had terry over at the shop call me. He said everything goes through him, and the parts were changed and everything was serviced.
I'm focusing in on the rear end to be the culprit of this loose, jiggling sensation. Car feels unstable at higher speeds on uneven roads and anything with bumps. The rear end actually jiggles. It has to be a mount or subframe bushing or bushings. I also noticed more jiggling from the shifter as well when I go over uneven roads and bumps. Possibly a rear diff mount since the rear and shifter are connected in the drivetrain. Hopefully Billman will spot something on Thursday. Need to have this girl ready for poconos July 14-15.
As for now, the coilovers I feel are not the primary target for blame and malfunction