Need help with front end noise
03-31-2013, 06:00 PM
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Need help with front end noise Ok I bought a set of eibach pro lowering springs and just got a around to installing them I didnt have a problem with the rear at all and figured id tackle the front. Once i read a few things off here I took the hole front end apart and noticed that the lower ball joints where shot and the tie rods end where shot so i replaced them both , Heres the problem my strut hardware was very hard to get off and i had to cut the nut off on one side and had to cut the shock on the other which i then had to buy new shocks but didnt have much money so i bought these cheap ones for $60.00 each at auto zone for now which was im sure a bad idea but i wanted it back together now that its back together it makes a nosie when pushing the car up and down and worse when driven it , I took a video for you to hear it sounds like the upper ball joints are shot and need replacing now or the shock is hitting the top of the car ? ? ? .... let me know what you think
03-31-2013, 06:17 PM
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Did you tighten up the upper shock bolt inside the mount all the way, when I lowered my car I didn't, and had a similar noise, had to take everything back apart and tighten it up!
03-31-2013, 06:23 PM
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yea tighten everything up good , im not sure if its the shitty shocks bottoming out from being lowered or the upper bail joint i didnt replaced but im scared to drive it
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03-31-2013, 06:27 PM
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I didnt replace the strut mount because they looked good and i didnt have the $160 to replace them either , I wasnt planing on spending all this money on installing the lower kit everything i took off i put right back on except that little piece of rubber that sits in the strut mount i forgot them but those were only small pieces of rubber and wouldnt stop this noise once i take it apart again ill put them in
03-31-2013, 06:31 PM
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that black plastic piece didnt go back on because it was cut in half but the rubber piece that slides on the shaft is on there , It could be a bad ball joint on the upper arm the lowers are all new , shock could be blown but i doudt it
