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Old 10-23-2011, 02:01 PM
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Default Stock rear suspension is noisy as hell

My suspension is bone stock apart from Bilstein shocks. Car has 67K miles, and my rear suspension is making various squeaks and clunks when the road isn't perfectly smooth. I'm certain that the LCA bushings (remember, these are the stock rubber bushings) are making a lot of the noise, is there a way to grease them, or do they just have to be replaced?

Apart from the LCAs, what else would be making all this racket? Does the sway bar or the panhard bar need attention as well?
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rubber rots out after all these yrs......it may even be missing
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They make replacement bushings for the factory components or it could be your car telling you it's time to upgrade. haha As said, rubber bushings just wear out from being exposed to the atmosphere.
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