My upper ball joints have been progressively getting worse over the last year or so I finally installed my Skunk2 camber kit.

Before I installed the kit, obviously it clunked when you went over potholes that had a sharp drop. Now after I installed the kit, it's quite a bit better, but still over sharp drops I think I still can feel a slight clunk (you know how it is when your suspension seems to feel a bit disconnected).

Do bad lower ball jointsd cause clunking? Could it be just me being paranoid? Maybe that's just the way my suspension works?

I have Tanabe sustec coilovers, very stiff, 12 and 10k at the very least.


THANKS!

 

It could be your ball joints. sway bar end links or bushings. Raise it up and check all you bushings and joints.

 

i had a similar problem..i found my sway bar endlinks were loose.

 

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my bushings were bad when it made that clunk noise over pot holes..

 

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same thing here

 

**** I better check mine lol

 

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I heard hear a clunk every now and then over bumps. I just checked my swaybar endlinks and the inner races in the bushings are not perpendicular to the endlink. I guess the bushings died and allowed the inner races to move around.

 

does your coilover have rubber top mount?

i have omni coils and i got metal top mount.. so when i hit the pot hole. it makes Bam sounds

 

I have the Tanabe sustec on the R and it's a stiff ride but what do you mean by clunking noise?

 

i bet it's just your pillowball mounts on your suspension...

and why not just try and avoind potholes??