So I have bought a 2006 Z Enthusiast and it is lowered. I live in a town with horrible roads and I cant afford to drive it around and always worrying about bottoming out, since its my daily driver. I am not to mechanically inclined so I don't even know where to start. Like what do I need to be at "stock height"? I don't know what was used to lower it. Any help would be awesome and really appreciated.

 

Give the wheel a turn to full lock and take a picture of the front suspension.. then post... Take picture of the rear suspension as well.. and post it too

Cant help with out info regardless... could be as simple as buying a slightly taller spring if you want to keep quality suspension pieces.. or reverting entirely to stock ...

 

Okay I will get them later on when its light out. What is the best way to get pics of rear suspension? thank you by the way

 

get a mechanics light or a flood light and shine it up in there to get the area well lit!

Big picture is you will need to swap in the OEM springs and toe/camber arms/adjusters. If youre pretty new to cars I would find a shop to do this for you. It's not rocket science but it is a pain in the *** if you arent familiar with suspension setups - especially if it's your daily driver.

You can probably find someone who will trade you straight across depending on what aftermarket springs, camber/toe adjusters you have. If it's high-dollar suspension components you may be able to make a little money on the deal.

I would swap in OEM springs and the OEM camber/toe arms as they are much more reliable than an aftermarket adjustable variant.

 

Wouldnt he need shocks/struts too if those were also replace?

 

ideally...we are missing a portion of the relevant information to diagnose over the inter-webs...

 

So, you don't 100% need to know what you're looking at or even what you're looking for. Aftermarket suspension is fairly easy to spot. If you turn a wheel and see something along these lines (this is rear suspension, but notice the locking rings by the springs...they'll be in the same spot on the front suspension)




If you can't turn your wheel to get a good view or if you don't feel like crawling on the ground, lift your hood up. Take a look at the left or right and see if you see something like this




It may not be that color or it may look slightly different, but notice that **** sticking up? Either of these tell-tail signs will alert you to having an adjustable coilover suspension. IF you have that, then you can simply adjust the car to the height you're comfortable with.

If you don't see any of those things in the pictures, then it is more than likely you have springs only. Simply replacing the springs with factory springs will lift your car back up.


it should be noted that there are a few variables that may be brought up but that are not very realistic.
1) You may have a spring and strut combo, meaning your shocks are aftermarket and your springs are aftermarket. However, that is VERY unlikely as most people that do that track their cars and blab on about their superior suspension setup that shaves tenths of a second off of their lap times. More than likely, if that was the case, the previous owner would've rattled on about his great suspension when you bought the car.

2) Full suspension setup: this is going to be not only a spring/strut/coilover combo, but bushings, bearings, links, ends, the whole shebang. Now, plenty of people do this, but most people who lower their car to the point where it's scary to drive...don't. It's because they're cheap. The whole "stance/cambered/slammed" crowd doesn't worry about things as trivial as quickly worn tires.

So, more than likely, this is a simple fix. But, there's some scenarios that probably won't apply to you but because it's the internet, they'll come up.

Take it to a shop to have them knock it out for you. Should be a 2hour job tops, regardless of what you need.