scraped the underbody

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CABhc4life
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so i was sitting behind a car at a red light, and i squeezed by them to make a right...not seeing the small dropoff, i heard a bump/scrape...the suspension dropped less than a foot onto a chunk of concrete. i pulled over immediately to look underneath...saw some liquid dripping, but it was just water/sweat from the air conditioning. it was leaking water when i got home, which i noticed it did before from the AC...it seems like a little bit more than normal, but then again -i never really paid attention to how much it leaked before. the part of the suspension that i hit was behind the passenger side front tire. i hope it's alright! opinions/suggestions?


Vinhnumber
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blown shock???

CABhc4life
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no seriously...

it rides fine and smooth...not out of alignment or anything like that...everything is level when you look underneath the body...nothing hanging down...no warning lights coming on...not that they probably would anyway if something with the suspension was wrong, but yeah...only thing i noticed was the AC sweating a little more than usual...it was dripping from right where the end of one of the beams was towards the back of the front passenger side tire. i just want some reassurance...i'm sure the suspension is tough enough to withstand a hard drop or scrape...i was going less than 5 mph.
Modified by CABhc4life at 11:04 AM 9/26/2007

NSRsheets
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Look and see if something is scrathced or broken. If not you' re probably ok. Check the A/C and see if it got hit as well.

CABhc4life
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yeah...i'll just crawl up under there after work and inspect it. thanks for the input.

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flyguy2618
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The underbody of the car is pretty well protected ive checked it out on mine a bit and its pretty resistant to that sort of stuff, I dont think a 5 mph drop could do that much sice the z is made to handle so much. But what i would do i i were you is put it up on some blocks or get it ona lift so you can really see under it and get some light in there i think youll be able to see something if its serious, But i know how you feel my Z makes me crazy too i love it and always have to have everything on it perfect.

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IndyZed
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Hopefully everything is okay........you always hurt......the one you love.....

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CABhc4life
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no doubt...the Z becomes an obsession...everything has to be perfect.


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