Well I was at FAU in boca tonight, it was pouring rain, not any lights to illuminate the area and I did not see any signs of speed bumps. Well going 28mph I look in front of me and with no time to stop I go right over a huge speed bump. I have H&R Sport Springs and Tokico HP Shocks, so I am decently low to the ground. I heard a huge thump like the car broke and it was terrible. I am guessing the back wheel rubbed up against the top and side of the wheel well badly. I stopped at the nearby shell and checked the car. The front didnt scrape, and the back tire/wheel well looked fine. I did a quick inspection of the shocks and springs and they still seemed to be intact okay. The car drove fine on the way back. Not only that I with no choice was going over puddles that definitely submerged my aem cold air intake, but I was giving it no throttle so it did not suck up the water saving the car. Then on the way home, I-95 is walled in with a terrible draining system in some parts and my cl with contiextremecontacts with about 5k miles left could not handle it, the VSA was going crazy as it was going over huge sheets of water.

Bottom Line: I think the CL can take some moderately abuse after being lowered and that
makes me feel better after that huge speedbump hit.

BTW: How would I know if one of my shocks/springs are damaged or become defective?

 

Glad to hear it .. although that could've been alot worse with a set of 19s or even 18s on it. Not so sure if my 235\40\18s would've taken a hit like that and came out unharmed.

 

Yeah overall the CL can take a licking and keep on ticking.

There just seems to be 1 specific part that can't hold its own.

 

lol Yeah, you might've survived that speed bump but there was an even better chance of you dropping into 2nd on the highway on the ride home

 

Yea, my tranny was replaced once already.

 

aim your eadlights higher after u drop the car so u can see better

 

I would, but I dont know how to aim the headlights.

 

Make that two, but hopefully Rotora will fix that.

 

I had a kind of similar situation with my old 97 Accord. The car was probably only a couple weeks old...it was lowered on neuspeed springs with 2 1/2 coils cut...so pretty slammed. I came up to an intersection and there was a water drainage across the road, then the middle of the road was raised, then another water drainage. Essantially it looked like this " -------\______/**********\______/--------- " if that makes any sense. Anyhow, I hit the first dip, jumped the car then landed nose first into the reverse side of the second dip. I nailed my crossmember and oil pan on the ground. After a long inspection I noticed 2 dents on either side of the rear of my sunroof...so it obviously put some major strain on the unibody, but other than that...no damage. About a year later I put hydraulics in the car and really beat it up...but still...kept on ticking.

 

It's easy. They don't really need to be aimed, just adjusted up more. Just find the up & down adjusters & turn them the same turns on each side.

 

haha those speed bumps are huge, im lowered on H&R race springs and koni yellows and id have people honk at me when i went over them cuz i had to go so slow.

 

You go to the FAU in boca? Anyway fuzzy where are the up and down adjusters located?

 

probably bent a rim,

 

Rims are stock, no vibration at 80, they are fine

 

dam, glad you're ok though, and so's the car. Maybe the weight helped out, those FAU speed bumps can be a PITA. What were u doing pouring rain driving through FAU?? lol