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Old Apr 12, 2002 | 10:47 AM
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....Just a few days ago i finished up my suspension(at least for now),Cosmo racing coil overs, KYB AGX's, a rear Suspension Tech Sway bar, and upper strut bars,....handles sweet the rear just swings out soo nicely, the ride is a bit rough.....but hey FUNCTION BEFORE FASHION.......anywaz back to tha subject, now that i got that done i got sum new problems, first tha friggin sway bar i put in hits my Trust exauhst and that makes it sound like ****, and second when i accelerate hard i feel a bit of vibrating on tha steering wheel, and the most annoying squeeking noise comes from the car not sure from where, so this morning went to a local shop and checked my bearings and the dood said that they were ok, not believing him i went to another shop and that shop siad it was the bearings and that they costed 100 to 150 a piece not incluiding labor ......so any body that had somthin similar to these problems and got 'em fixed help me out here......


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Old Apr 12, 2002 | 10:56 AM
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The squeaking is likely the polyurethane bushings on the ST sway bar...
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Old Apr 12, 2002 | 11:02 AM
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....the squeekin started right after i threw on the front agx's and a couple days before i put the sway bar on.
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Old Apr 12, 2002 | 11:06 AM
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hrmm, try to wrap the rear of your greddy with tsome thermo wrap to cushion it from contacting the rear sway so hard
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Old Apr 12, 2002 | 11:07 AM
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do you have a camber kit?
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Old Apr 12, 2002 | 11:17 AM
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Get a strut tower bar. I had the same problem when I got them, and now it's gone.
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Old Apr 12, 2002 | 01:46 PM
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...nope no camber kit, already have strut tower bars, just came back from local backrods(about 10 miles of twisties), that squeekin noise is now turning to metal on metal scraping noise ...damn
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Old Apr 13, 2002 | 10:30 AM
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when i had my coilovers on my car. it squeaked really bad, i finally noticed that the spring was slightly cocked at actually started grinding on the threaded sleeve. that's probably not your problem but just incase you might wanna check.
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