bad camry suspension

Okay, i know its not a tacoma, but its a camry. My buddys 02 camry bottomed out today on a speed bump. thing is he wasnt going that fast. like 5 mph tops. anyway i got out under the car and there was a big dent on his muffler. i told him there was nothing major to be worried about except the dent. but could his shocks or struts be bad. I thought it was struts but i dont know for sure so any help would be appreciated.

 

Does the car bounce alot after bumps?

 

well thats what i did see. i took the trunk and pushed down on it. it bounced several times. Thats what lead me to believe it was struts

 

Shocks/struts are bad, have him change out the bump stops too.

 

yeah ill definetly tell him tomorrow. what are bump stops??

 

They are rubber 'shoes' on the underbody right above the axles that stop the tires/axles from smashing into the underbody during a bottom out

 

thanks.

 

Does he have fat friends?

 

uh no not at all. Hes like 6'6. we just had like 4 people in it yesterday and it uh well bottomed out on his muffler

 

The dent in the muffler won't hurt anything. If it's a HUGE dent it might cause a little extra backpressure and lose a little power, but if it's a Camry with blown shocks, I doubt he's too worried about a couple of horsepower.