Manolo

I dropped my EG on H&R on stock struts. The front passenger side squeaks like a mother. Whats happening?

MSP

your struts might be blown

Jon777

i have the same exact problem. just lowered my ek on h&r race springs and kept stock struts now its squeaking like a father...lol seriously, it is...i dont think its the struts...

anyone?

batallic

have u checked them are they leaking, thats the sound they make when there blown

Warhawk

Did you guys preload the suspension before torqueing the bolts down?

Jon777

umm...used an unconventional way of removing the springs and installing the new one. didn't use a spring compressor, just put a jack beneath the trailing arm, i think it was the trailing arm, or lower control arm..undid the bolts, lowered the jack which relieves the pressure and took the spring off...put the H&R's on, and reversed the process...so i guess, no preloading of the suspension...?

Warhawk

well, before you torque all the bolts down to spec, you are supposed to jack up a corner of your suspension until the car lifts off the jack stands. Then torque all the bolts down. This way the bushings are not twisted.

Boosted_B_Series

I was always told to let the car down on all fours, then tq