suspension trouble

I just got a '96 estate wagon that seems to have "setteled" a little. It scrapes going in and out of the driveway. Any ideas on how high it can be raised with air shocks, or some other way?

Thanks

 

air shocks will raise it but the ride will suffer and the car will be pretty stiff. The best thing to do is to just put new springs in the rear to correct the sag problem

 

Saggin ? How many miles does that 96 wagon have on it? Seems like way to soon to need to replace the springs. First check the shocks on it.

 

Welcome aboard

 

I forgot to say that..........Welcome Sagginwagon. You really can't fix that saggin wagon now. You already have your name for here! Unless you can change it to unsagginwagon!

 

Guess I know how you came up with your forum name...
aboard...good luck with your drooping backend.

 

I hate when my rear sags so I work out with my Buttmaster daily.
x2 on new springs, new go from just over fifty to less than a hundred a pair at Rockauto depending on the brand.
Does the car have the factory air leveling system on the rear and it's not working? It uses a small compressor mounted under the car hooked to air shocks to keep the rear at a set level.
If you don't know you can look under the car and see if it's there but lots of guys take them off too so it may not be in place. To see if the car had it enter your VIN at Compnine and it will tell you what the car came equipped with originally.

http://www.compnine.com/vid.php

 

Wow, that was some quick response time. Thanks.
My driveway is kind of a rough dirt road, so if possible I would like to lift the car a bit for a little ground clearance. I'm not really looking to build a "monster truck", but I'm wondering how high I can go without causing problems with angles and stuff.

Thanks again

 

Read what BlueVista said. That is usually the problem. That is, IF you have the air leveling system in the rear.

 

suspension

I havn't had time to get under the hood yet, but what I would like to know is, if I were to put a floor jack under the front and rear end, how high would the car go up, before the tires came off the ground.

Thanks

 

didnt those things come with optional 'airride'?

id say do some snoopin at the 'wreckers'


to our hangout

 

Maybe the suspension was "modified" by the previous owner.

Shop around for some Bilsteins.
Or just go here for the best price http://www.eshocks.com/

 

My wagon has the opposit problem.. Its waay to high

Seriously, the springs can get exhausted by many reasons, as towing, dirtroads, dogs in the back etc.. The height of the car wont change with shocks, the only function they have is to "slow down" the suspension travelling.. That is, if you dont have air shocks, that will lift the body, releasing the bodys weight from the springs.

 

Welcome to the site.

 

---------You must have some seriously dirty dirt roads.........and I've never seen many dogs that would sag springs............Oh wait, I dated one once! Of all the vehicles I've had I only had to replace the springs in the '55 wagon because the old ones were broken. That was because some idiot removed most of the original leaves. -Sometimes one of those spring spacers will correct a sagging spring on one side.