Hey guys,

I was driving today and went through a section of road work today. I was going at about... 10-15 mph and didn't see a sudden height drop on the road surface, and just went into it without slowing down. It's about a 2 to 3 inch drop, and the two front tires just went THUMP, and then the rear. I was able to see the ones on the other side on my way back up and slow to a crawl, so it was good there.

Can that damage the car in any way? My car is completely stock by the way, and so the rims look fine. I'm worried about what I can't see from the outside.

Thanks,

Mike

 

just be careful...im all stock too and i did something like this on my way to work and now my alignment is sort of off but not that bad though.

 

How do you know your alignment is off? My steering feels normal....

 

when you drive straight your car turns in a different direction. when i turn my wheel to the right a bit my car drives straight but when i actually make the wheel as straight as possible my car leans towards the left while driving straight. i need to get it fixed.

 

2-3 inches drop doesnt sound too bad, i wouldnt worry about it unless you really feel something different.

 

Yeah, everything feels the same. I also did some reading on suspensions and it sounds like the suspension of a car is pretty tolerable to verticle drops, but it's when you run into a bump, or going "upwards" that you have to worry about since that's when a horizontal force is applied.