Requesting Bump Stop pics - Toyota Nation Forum : Toyota Car and Truck Forums

SKYravefever · 07-06-2003, 08:27 PM

Hey guys, I had three people (myself included) in my car and about 80 lbs of additional stuff in my Gen4 at first. I noticed that my rear tires were rubbing with every single bump in the road. I went ahead and take a brief look at the rear, and found that the round thing at the base of the spring/strut assembly awfully close to the tire. Is that normal?

I know my struts are going bad since I'm at 79K mi., but I just wanted to know if changing the struts will fix that problem. Thanks.

SKYravefever · 07-06-2003, 08:28 PM

another shot of the rear, same side.

SKYravefever · 07-06-2003, 08:30 PM

went ahead and took a few shots of the front for comparison

SKYravefever · 07-06-2003, 08:31 PM

front again....

91camryDX · 07-06-2003, 10:08 PM

I don't know if that's bad or not, but mine have the same indentations in them. I am interested in the answer to your question as well.

Nick · 07-06-2003, 10:11 PM

yes, that thing is normal, that's not what's hitting, it moves up with the tire, you're hitting your wheel well,

how many fingers gap is there back there unloaded? take the wheel off and inspect the top and bottom to look for broken coils

Deep · 07-06-2003, 10:12 PM

Are you talking about the spring perch? If so, it doesn't move independantly of the tire, its attached. If you go over a bump the perch moves at the same speed/rate/amount as the tire, they would never make contact.

SKYravefever · 07-06-2003, 10:41 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Oldman
yes, that thing is normal, that's not what's hitting, it moves up with the tire, you're hitting your wheel well,

how many fingers gap is there back there unloaded? take the wheel off and inspect the top and bottom to look for broken coils

I've got about 3 or 4 finger gap in the back.

Deep: I'm talking about the round thingy that the top of the measuring tape is touching in the third pic.

Nick · 07-06-2003, 10:44 PM

hmmm, then its not sagging that much, cuz my 92 camry, i had 4 ppl plus as much crap as you could fit in there and i had -1 inch gap and i wasn't hititng anything

but when a coil broke then i hit the wheel well a bunch

oh, and there is no way that thing that you're talking about could hit the tire, its just the support for the spring, its the top end that does all the travelling

SKYravefever · 07-06-2003, 10:51 PM

So it sounds like new springs and struts will solve the problem, hopefully .

Nick · 07-06-2003, 10:54 PM

$$$$ rear springs are about 100$ for the pair, if you get knockoffs, like 200 for toyota,

SKYravefever · 07-06-2003, 11:23 PM

My TRD & Tokicos are sitting in my garage. I'm waiting for those front strut mounts to come in this week

Nick · 07-06-2003, 11:24 PM

/me shakes his fist at you

i want some damn it!

rayray · 07-07-2003, 01:36 AM

do you have aftermarket wheels on your car? what is the size and offset of your rims? what size tire are you running on them? wrong sizing can lead to rubbing.

-rayray

kocho · 07-07-2003, 09:26 AM

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Originally posted by SKYravefever
My TRD & Tokicos are sitting in my garage. I'm waiting for those front strut mounts to come in this week

This will fix it if you have the correct rim/tire combo - my TRD/Tokico setup is much more resilient to the car bottoming-out compared to the stock. It's a great ride IMO.

About the rubbing, the thing that you show on your picture does not move relative to the tire/wheel. Your tires rub the fender most likely. If they are too wide or the wheels have incorrect offset this might happen.

With stock tires/rims even at full compression you should not have rubbing.