Front Passenger Clunk - ONE LAST QUESTION

by **hari-bhari** » Sun Jul 01, 2007 9:35 pm

Just got my eibach/tokico installed and noticed that i've got a slight clunk sound coming from the front passenger side. It happens when going over bumps or entering my driveway. If I go to the front bumper and push down, i can also hear the clunk but i can't tell where it is from. The driver's side does not do this, nor does the rear. Any ideas?

by **---CAMRAZY---** » Sun Jul 01, 2007 9:36 pm

Spring is not seated correctly on the strut/mount.

by **woa_its_j3ff** » Sun Jul 01, 2007 9:41 pm

damn you Milt you seriously steal my answers. I wanna feel smart too ya know

how's that ps2 btw.

by **hari-bhari** » Sun Jul 01, 2007 9:46 pm

---CAMRAZY--- wrote:Spring is not seated correctly on the strut/mount.

is that definitive? what would a bad strut mount or not properly tightened nuts sound like?

also, could an incorrectly seated spring be why my front is sitting a little bit higher than i expected? it seems higher than the rear, and higher than another tokico/eibach combo ive seen (smoothro). how long does it take for the fronts to settle?

by **hari-bhari** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 9:17 pm

i went back to butler and they said they tightened everything down but the clunk is still there and seems a bit louder. they didnt reseat the spring even tho i asked them to.

my question is this, and sorry if its stupid. is the strut mount part of the strut or where the strut mounts into the car? because i read a lot about the passenger side strut mount clanking with stock suspension, but im not sure if changing my suspension would have cancelled out that problem. basically, if it is likely that my clunking is coming from something that is not associated with an installation error, theres not much i can go back to them for. i dont really feel like buying a new strut mount and paying to get it installed. but if its something like what was stated above about the spring not being seated correctly and it is their error, then i need to go get it fixed. also i read something about cutting the bump stop to fix this problem. what exactly is that? my driver's side is not making any noise, and i doubt they would have done something differently between the two in terms of cutting the stops.

by **hari-bhari** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 8:23 pm

bump, help please!

by **Ruski** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 8:29 pm

Mine made a clunk to until i changed it out for the third time. What Milt said is correct.. They need to uncompress the spring and take it all apart and put it back together. This will fix the problem

by **hari-bhari** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 10:18 pm

ok thanks. im gonna call and bitch at them then. so is the strut mount part of the strut?

by **Ruski** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 10:22 pm

yes it is what goes on top of the strut. the 3 bolts u see under your hood is the strut mount the bolt in the middle is the strut bolt

by **hari-bhari** » Fri Aug 17, 2007 6:56 am

im going tomorrow afternoon to have the setup looked at. just out of curiosity, were they supposed to do anything special to the springs before installing? i remember reading something about cutting bumpstops, what is that? i feel like my front fender gap is about 1 finger larger than my rear, and im not sure if this is an installation issue...

by **rollaevo99** » Fri Aug 17, 2007 7:04 am

yes! Milt is 100% correct........ got the same problem before :wink:

by **lightear** » Fri Aug 17, 2007 11:45 am

If you had TRD struts and got the clunking noise, then that's a whole other story.

Eibach/Teins should always be healthy. Must be an install problem.

by **dvdchris45** » Fri Aug 17, 2007 2:28 pm

just drive over to socal and have milt do it lol

Front Passenger Clunk - ONE LAST QUESTION

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