I was driving out of a parking lot yesterday going somewhere between 25 - 35 mph down about a 30 degree decline (it may have been steeper) not paying attention when the road flattened out abruptly. I heard a big "ker-plunk" as if my front tires hit the frame. I thought to myself damnit, there goes my from suspension, so I stopped to check it out and it seemed ok. I drove around a lil more a she seemed to be ok handling wise, no shaking or noises. I was just wondering what I should check to make sure I didn't do any damage. I have a stock '06 SS/SC.

 

Jack up the car and look for the scrape marks, it was probably the front of the engine subframe hitting the ground.

 

Check the front bumber and the air dam. Thats probably what you heard, you were going too fast to hear a scrape. If the tires hit the wells, you should see ruber marks in the wells.

 

check you front struts if they are leaking.. wouldn't hurt to check your tires too for an impact bubble.


Good Luck!

 

Checked, there were no scrapes that I could see, did see some rub marks on the wheel well. Nothing was leaking either. Hopefully I'm ok.

 

That kind of an incline would have caused your front lip to ground out first before anything else. I doubt anything happened to your suspension.