Seems like everytime i go over a manhole cover, railroad tracks, and general crappy roads the car gets really crazy from left to right... even driving home from work theres this stretch of crappy road and it was so bad that a "trac off"...cant remember if that it forsure... light went off in the dash. It straightens itself out but like in my truck or my cutlass these bumps make the car go up and down but this bonne gos side to side lol
When i was putting everything back together i goofed up on the fronts camber so i took it to a place and they did a front and back alignment. Id imagine theyd tell me if they saw anything broke...
Any ideas guys? Or do these cars run like this?
car gets squirrely over bumps.
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Re: car gets squirrely over bumps.
If you are referring to your 2000 SSEi -get new rear shocks.
2000+ Bonneville/Lesabre/Park Avenue's need new rear shocks every 70-80k miles, or so it seems.
2000+ Bonneville/Lesabre/Park Avenue's need new rear shocks every 70-80k miles, or so it seems.
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Re: car gets squirrely over bumps.
that does make sense it seems to be coming from the back end. thanks!
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Re: car gets squirrely over bumps.
Yeah, bad shocks will make it jump around.
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Re: car gets squirrely over bumps.
There are a couple reasons why the 00+ rear shocks are nice compared to the 99-older rear struts:
1. 00+ Rear shocks can be bought new online with shipping included for under $100.
2. 00+ Rear shocks are a piece of cake to change -even an amateur can change them in under an hour and no special tools needed.
1. 00+ Rear shocks can be bought new online with shipping included for under $100.
2. 00+ Rear shocks are a piece of cake to change -even an amateur can change them in under an hour and no special tools needed.
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1999 SSEi 70k miles
2000 Silverado 2500 Ext Cab 4x4/6.0L/4L80E
2000 Trans Am WS6 LQ3 (LQ4 w/LS3 top end) 4L60E
2001 SLE
2002 Monte Carlo SS Top-swapped FSIC Gen V TOG's, Mezeire.....
2002 GTP 40th Anniv Ed Coupe
2004 GTP Comp G 'Bottom-swapped'
1998 GTP Coupe
1999 SSEi 70k miles
2000 Silverado 2500 Ext Cab 4x4/6.0L/4L80E
2000 Trans Am WS6 LQ3 (LQ4 w/LS3 top end) 4L60E
2001 SLE
2002 Monte Carlo SS Top-swapped FSIC Gen V TOG's, Mezeire.....
2002 GTP 40th Anniv Ed Coupe
2004 GTP Comp G 'Bottom-swapped'
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Re: car gets squirrely over bumps.
I looked at the Tech page for the 00- 05s... shoulda looked before lol. the monroe shocks you guys recomend look exactly like the ones in the front of my s10. er...well same style lol

