Car scrapes with people in the back

[iswearimcool]

what could possibly be the issue? when i have two people in the back of my 95 corolla, it scrapes. but if its only people in the front its fine.

[iToaster]

Sounds like the rear suspension is to blame there.

[hooRAH]

You need this

[trife96]

^ lol. Do you aftermarket rims?

[Kiwi-Corolla]

Most likely due to sagging springs and/or buggered shocks. Either replace them or get the rear guards rolled.

[1jzdreamer]

Originally Posted by trife96

^ lol. Do you aftermarket rims?

x2, I cant see it rubbing/dragging otherwise unless the exhaust is scraping as a hanger popped out or broke.

[TI-CAVA]

"my" exhaust is hanging really low... and it scrapes almost always... hangers fine.... it's just the bend before the muffler that's sitting too low

[warriorzhuko]

First post for a newbie here but i couldn't resist.

I has that exact problem a few years ago with my 96 corolla. The problem was that I had wider tires than standard (185 instead of 175 I think). My tire place had in their computer that my car used a 185 so after replacing almost my whole suspension I swapped them out for 175 and have never had another problem with them.

[gameguru1360]

Originally Posted by iswearimcool

what could possibly be the issue? when i have two people in the back of my 95 corolla, it scrapes. but if its only people in the front its fine.

you sure you're not trying to sneak more people into the drive-in movie theater??

[bigd480]

Originally Posted by warriorzhuko

First post for a newbie here but i couldn't resist.

I has that exact problem a few years ago with my 96 corolla. The problem was that I had wider tires than standard (185 instead of 175 I think). My tire place had in their computer that my car used a 185 so after replacing almost my whole suspension I swapped them out for 175 and have never had another problem with them.

I had same problem and 2nd that - go w/ 175 - though replacing the shocks helped as well and is possibly your problem.

In simple terms, springs push the suspension back up to normal position while shocks absorb the downward motion that you'd get while adding weight to the car so if you're not lowering the car and it doesn't sit strange in an unloaded state your springs are probably fine.