Ive taken my Air ride off my box for now and im working on getting new equipment and upgrading a few things but have a question. Im currently running the Hotckis Lowering Springs and have Stock Shocks.

I plan on replacing the factory shocks out soon with the Echo ones but ive noticed the rear of the box sitting a little lower in the back and that the ride is pretty bumpy now.

I looked underneath to make sure everything is seated properly and such and noticed that both of the springs were pretty much all the way compressed down besides the bottom couple of coils?

Is this normal? These springs are over a year old and have seen plenty of miles, they were on another xb before I had them.

Thanks for the look and any advice

 

Yep... Those are the "dead coils" on the Hotchkis springs that make the ride rough compared to other springs.

Looks normal.

-THE DON

 

Normal ScionDrgn. I actually thought mine rode a little smoother than stockers before I put the front strut and rear sway on. That may just be because I was expecting hella rough though.

 

Thanks for you guys help.. Im going to go pick up the new rear shocks and hope that helps it out some.

Thanks!!

 

That polk box makes it squat a little more too if you still have it in.

 

hehe yeah its still in there.. Ive had it for a while now. its not the lightest box in the world. Ive actually been thinking about selling it and getting one of the audioformz boxes and getting one 10

 

thats how mine looks so i would say there fine

 

Normal looking to me too. The Monroe shocks in the rear will make a world of difference tho.

 

dead coils are normal when you have a progressive spring.

the more the spring compresses, the stiffer it gets.