Aproach to Speed Bumps Questions
10-22-2005, 02:03 PM
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Aproach to Speed Bumps Questions
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When I drive over a speed bump I hear a rattle that sounds like the heat shield by the rotors is hitting or vibrating against something (front right). Is that what it is or what else couls it be.
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When you guys all drive over speed bumps, how do you take them? (2 front, 2 back, all right no left, all left no right, or at an angle 1 then 1 then 1 then 1)
When I drive over a speed bump I hear a rattle that sounds like the heat shield by the rotors is hitting or vibrating against something (front right). Is that what it is or what else couls it be.
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When you guys all drive over speed bumps, how do you take them? (2 front, 2 back, all right no left, all left no right, or at an angle 1 then 1 then 1 then 1)
10-22-2005, 04:07 PM
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Angle if there's no other choice. If there's a way to avoid with 2 wheels then that's the ticket. Never straight on and never at speed beyond a crawl.
For the noise, was your car eligible for the trans damper recall? Could be that.
For the noise, was your car eligible for the trans damper recall? Could be that.
10-23-2005, 01:25 PM
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Originally Posted by therm8
straight on for even component wear, and less chassis flex 
As far as even component wear, statistically, every car make way more right hand turns than left hand turns. There's no driving technique that you can do that will even out what occurs in normal driving. I'm AR but that is way AR.
10-23-2005, 01:29 PM
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Originally Posted by Mikelikes2drive
our car isnt low enough at stock to have to take speed bumps SOO carefully, but if you are lowered or have fatty wheels then yah i would go at an angle
10-23-2005, 01:40 PM
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Originally Posted by beachdog
If you ever jack the car up with the supplied jack or ever jack it up from one corner at a time you are going to induce a lot more stress than slowly tacking over a speed bump.
As far as even component wear, statistically, every car make way more right hand turns than left hand turns. There's no driving technique that you can do that will even out what occurs in normal driving. I'm AR but that is way AR.
As far as even component wear, statistically, every car make way more right hand turns than left hand turns. There's no driving technique that you can do that will even out what occurs in normal driving. I'm AR but that is way AR.
The number of speed bumps I encounter far exceeds the number of times I've jacked the car. Tilt the sunroof (if you have one) then angle across a speed bump...the chassis flexes, you can hear it. Just becase it's less flex than some other situation, doesn't mean you shouldn't avoid it.
Similarly, why add more uneven wear when it is "statistically" already an issue. There's no benefit that I can see for a car to take a bump at an angle if it's not going to scrape.
10-23-2005, 05:20 PM
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God almighty, you people act like the car is made of crystal or something. Get real!
10-23-2005, 09:22 PM
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Heck...I accelerate over them bumps! I figure if I can get some air over the bump then there won't be any chasis flex at all.
One night I think I got 3 feet of air when I hit the bump at about 78 MPH...of course running into the lamp post about 20 feet just after the bump didn't help matters.
But hey, you can't have everything right? >:o|
One night I think I got 3 feet of air when I hit the bump at about 78 MPH...of course running into the lamp post about 20 feet just after the bump didn't help matters.
But hey, you can't have everything right? >:o|
10-24-2005, 10:14 AM
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I'm fine with the speedbumps I encounter going straight ahead, as long as I take it slow enough. In a busy parking-lot situation you don't always have the luxury of choosing your angle of approach.
10-24-2005, 10:38 AM
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straight and slow. i only crabwalk them if they are already going diagonally across the road/parking lot or if they would cause me to scrape. of course, i will go around the ones that i can.
10-24-2005, 10:42 AM
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I for one would not want to be one of those poor souls who ruins thier car due to a bad approach to speed bumps.. Oh - wait a minute- that doesn't happen, therefor, this is a stupid question and any approach other than one at a reasonable speed is also stupid.
10-24-2005, 11:15 AM
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What I do is...
1.) Approach the bump at a reasonable speed.
2.) Begin braking.
3.) JUST before your front wheels touch the bump, let off the brakes and coast over the bump. This will cause your suspension to force the nose up before you reach the bump, thus reducing the stress of hitting it (and makes it less noticeable)
1.) Approach the bump at a reasonable speed.
2.) Begin braking.
3.) JUST before your front wheels touch the bump, let off the brakes and coast over the bump. This will cause your suspension to force the nose up before you reach the bump, thus reducing the stress of hitting it (and makes it less noticeable)
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