I have had the loudest, most annoying squeak from the rear of my car, and a few days ago I figured out where it was coming from. In the picture below (taken from my helms) it shows the part called the "spring mounting rubber":



Now when I was looking at my coilovers, I noticed this blue thing pictured below. Is this meant to replace the above part? Or compliment it? Can I take out the spring mounting rubber and still be ok to drive? I hate the squeak it's causing, but I guess the second best solution would be to go and find a new one...


What do you guys think?

 

If you lowered the car on sleeve coil-overs, they are going to be load no matter what you do. Just turn up the stereo. I would just leave the OEM part in. In almost all of the cars I have used the top-hats over, the top of the spring sits in the mounting rubber just like the OEM one.

Since our cars are hatchs, I think that it just makes everything in the rear of the car more noticeable. Personally I would just leave it

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by hamB18C5 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Personally I would just leave it </TD></TR></TABLE>

I have been doing that for a while... but I noticed it's a real conversation killer w/ the ladies

Just wanted to see if there was another solution, I'm pretty sure it's the only thing squeaking, and it was bad enough that I could press it from where I was holding it just to make it squeak.

 

You could always just take it out for awhile, just to see what happens. Taking out the rear struts only takes a few minutes. Maybe take out one piece, then take out the other.

 

True, one does squeak more than the other but I was hoping to be even lazier about it, get some kind of confirmation, and jus cuttin'em out so all I have to do is take the wheel off. It might come down to that though depending on what kind of answers I get.

 

Just remember, if you cut them out, you can't put them back in. Good luck

 

spray em with some silicone spray. that might help stop the squeking.

 

i was gonna say the same

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by jdmotorsports &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">spray em with some silicone spray. that might help stop the squeking.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Yea... but how long would that last? My main question is, can I do without them? Has anybody gotten rid of them before? and do that blue thing act as a replacement or a supplement? Thanks for the quick fixes though.

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That's why I haven't done it yet... only thought about it. I'll probably end up looking for a replacement soon, I might just try riding w/out it.

 

i always follow one simple rule:

it is there for a reason

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by campbuds &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">i always follow one simple rule:

it is there for a reason</TD></TR></TABLE>

Understandable, but, does that blue piece come to replace it. I can already see where it would make sense to have that piece in a spring setup, so the spring sits on rubber and not just on the top part. I want to know if that blue thing is enough to hold the new spring w/ the coilover sleeve.

 

the blue piece looks like its made out of aluminum? The 'Spring Mounting Rubber' is there as a cushion along with reducing vibration and noise. You dont want to cut that out. To my knowledge, all the springs i worked with, (stock/GC/Omni) none of them have that blue piece...
Anyways, if that blue piece is indeed aluminum, the rubbing of that and the spring may be the ultimate problem, but since the spring is always loaded, shouldent be much the problem... how about tightening the top bolt? The bolt 2 steps above the 'Damper Mounting Rubber'

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by SlipAngleX &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">the blue piece looks like its made out of aluminum?</TD></TR></TABLE>

No, it's rubber just like the piece above it. I just noticed it's a bit smaller but my guess is that it is one of those universal 'one-fits-all' kinda deals. As far as tightening the bolts goes, I don't think that will make much of a difference because all it takes is varying pressure to create the squeak, so whenever a bump or a bounce comes along the noise is back. Thanks though, your answer explains that piece a little better.

 

i dont even have that rubber stuff and im riden fine..i'll take pic of it once i take my wheels off since i gotta adjust my coilover anyways..

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by DynastyRacer22 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">i dont even have that rubber stuff and im riden fine..i'll take pic of it once i take my wheels off since i gotta adjust my coilover anyways..</TD></TR></TABLE>

Thanks, that'll help to see your setup.

 

Do you have more pics of what your talking about. If it's what I think it is, we lowered my friends DA and left it out.

 

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No, I just have the one I took when I was adjusting the suspension, and the one from the manual. The best way I can describe it is where the top of the spring sits is this rubber piece. I pulled it out for the picture, but normally it's flush w/ the top and fits right in there.