ive been having a clunking noise on my 05 type-s for a month or so now but it just keeps getting worse especially staurday when i was in east l.a. w/my gf, the hills are very steep there and was just making the clunking noise go crazy it was driving me nuts, this happens everytime when am coming to a stop or just rooling between 1-10mph, i think it might be my endlinks. wat do u guys think??? thanks for any help i appreciate it

 

what mods do you have?

 

fujita cai buddy club ss n fan switch, and am lowered on tein s-techs, but the problem started a lil before that

 

check endlinks then and your suspension, to make sure if the springs are sitting on the perches correctly

 

how would i know if the endlinks are still good or bad??? but i did as u said and checked the endlinks and the endlink on the passenger side doesnt look like the one on the driver side. how can i see if the endlink is gone bad cuz i hear the noise mostly from my driver side but the passenger side enlink is the one looking bad to me.....

 

i'm assuming you still have stock endlinks, so if its bad it will be broken or the threads will be stripped and compressed.

 

yea my suspension is pretty much stock except for the tein s-techs that am lowered on, but nothing seems to be broken. i dnt have a camera to show exactly how it looks rt now but do u think u can show me a pic to see if my endlinks are my problem???

 

i'm also gonna throw something out and say tighten the top nut on your rear shocks. it should be tightened to 33 ft-lbs.

 

sorry i dnt mention this before man but the clunkintg noise is coming from the front not from the rear...so u still think u can help me out w/my issue???

 

i'd still check out all suspension components, especially springs/perches, endlinks, tie rod. i'd look at the spring perches first, they might be loose. second, tie rod, to make sure the boot is not rip and also to make sure there is no play, and third, the endlinks. here's an easy way to test without taking off the wheel: jack up the front, and wiggle the wheels back and forth (as if you were shooting a bow). if there's play in it, then its your spring perches.

 

k but two questions man how will i know if my endlinks are bad other than actually being broken or stripped because mines dont show these things. and second what are the perches??? sorry man just tryin to learn...

 

if they dont look broken or anything, hten they aren't bad. and i forgot you were on stock shocks, so the only thing that could be causing the problem is if your springs weren't installed correctly...i'd check to see if the CAI is clearing the shift linkage as well.

 

yea man thats another thing i forgot to mention that im on stock shocks too. but ill checkk all that rt now man thanks for the help so far