ive had my rear sway bar setup for a while now and i have a question a few days ago i was driving to work and before i even got out of my apartment complex i went over a speed bump and heard a clunking sound coming from the rear of the car didnt think anything of it till i went over another and then another got on the freeway and didnt hear it again till i went over one of those large dips in the freeway and now im hearing it almost all of the time when ever i come out of a turn or over a bump i know its not my exhaust cuz i took it off all together and the clunk is still there nothing is in the trunk area its cleaned out i did adjust the sway a day or so before the sound but everything is tight any one know what my problem could be

setup

18mm sway, ASR brace, energy suspension bushings, 99-00 SI endlinks
stock springs and shocks

car 96 civic hatch

 

I have the exact same problem with loud knocking coming from the rear, that just started happening a couple of days ago. I haven't had a chance to lift the car up and check it out yet. But my guess would be it's either a torn bushing or a bad swaybar endlink.

 

bushings are new and the endlinks look fine

 

Check them anyway. I put brand new endlinks in my car and within 6 months they were toast.

 

ok ill stop by inline four today and pick up a set of the bloxracing adjustable ones there only like 35 bucks

 

I heard those lead to even more clunking since they have exposed spherical bearings.. OEM ftw

 

I'm rocking blox 3 years now and no problems.

Your noise is most likely comming from your shocks. More specifically the top hats. You said they are stock. Have they ever been replaced?

The bushing in the top hats wear out and will cause the klunking you hear. Give a visual inspection of the rubber, its prolly cracking and worn.

Good luck keep us posted

 

new endlinks are on and no klunking anymore thanks for the info guys

 

Turned out to be a loose nut on the endlink for me. yay for easy fix.