Could the lowering springs and shocks I had fitted 90,000km become sagged or improperly seated over time, as I look at my car now and it seems a bit wrong.
In the photos the back might be about stock height
while the front a touch low. It does bottom out in certain situations recently whereas before it wouldn’t. The shocks are Bilstein HD's, springs Eibach Pro Kit. These were put in 2010 and only driven on smooth roads.
Apart from the jacked-up visual funk I’m experiencing excessive wear on the tyre shoulders, with tyres looking done at 20,000km. Pulling out of a car park a few weeks ago with the wheels turned a stranger noticed them and said to ‘inflate tyres to 48 psi
and get a camber kit and new tyres’. They were 31 psi at that point and did look like they needed some air, so I went to 44psi.
I am grateful for any advice that might steer me in the right direction before I take the car into a suspension shop. Hopefully I can stay with the shocks and springs and they can be adjusted somehow to a more even ride height and then new donuts can be added. Depending on the advice I receive the other option for me is a return to all original springs/shocks/rims/tyres for a straightforward solution. After all the original look isn't too bad. I uploaded a pic (not my car) but my concern is will I get a rude (albeit stock) surprise in the handling department by doing this that I’ll then obviously have to live with.
Thanks,