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      How much weight can your car handle before small bumps cause u to hit hard? Lol

      The other day I had myself 145lbs. 3friends. 200lbs 220lbs and 280lbs. He's not fat. Just fluffy lol. Anyway I would hit small bumps on the road and the car would hit hard. Guess its the body hitting the tires? Or the coils dropping all the way down maybe? Weird it's never happened before. Maybe I need new shocks/struts? Car does make alot of suspension noises which I've never been able to figure out what it was so I live with it. Accelerate-suspension noise. Brake suspensionNoise. Turn wheel- suspension noise. Bumps- suspension noise. Car complains about everything lol



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      I wouldnt worry about it, with that kind of weight, the car drops like you have coilovers

      But if it is making a lot of noises then it might be time to replace, mine makes some squeaking noises up front but it does not bother me too much.

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      Yea the car drops like it has cool overs lol. Especially from the rear. As far as noises it's just too noisy when going over bumps or when I accelerate at first or brake. It's annoying to me. Especially if your going on a date lol.

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      Ya Your bottoming out - Did that with my friends and my sub equipment. Right now I put the rear coilovers on and adjusted them to be super tight. So my suspension is really really stiff to handle my heavy audio equipment in the trunk.
      So from experience the original suspension in the rear is junk. But I am carrying around 700 lbs or so in the trunk.

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      Honda met 2 scooter in the back seat, college stuff packed in car to ceiling, mountain bike on hatch bike carrier, and a 300 lb trailer with a 400 pound couch and a 650 pound 1981 gs850 on it plus my 225 pound fat arse in the car. 2008 aveo 5. Drove 611 miles to college like this and didn't hurt a thing. Took forever to take off but it didn't care. Got about 25 mpg which is abnormally bad but I was towing a lot behind a car which shouldn't tow. I do this every semester there and back. See my garage pic if ya don't believe.
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      your reviving an old thread...


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      http://aveoclub.proboards.com/index....lay&thread=301


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      toss up, cinder blocks average 35 lbs but damn that is an awesome photo and i was worried about my coil mounts, guess I shouldn't be




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