Well i posted this a while ago but got no decent responses, i took my teg to get the back springs installed and now from the rear every single bump i hit it makes a loud noicswe and i can feel it in the car actually, They only put the rear ones in at the shop because i had problems, also wen they did this the ABS light came on...coincidince? If ne1 has ne ideas i would raelly appreciate it, im about to go crazy

 

first of all, what springs and shocks? what does the noise sound like?

 

i put H&R race on the stock shocks 2in drop i believe and it sounds like the shock is hitting the part it rests on in the trunk like a "clunk"

 

sounds like it could be the bump stops

 

i was wondering.. did u put the long ones in the back or front?

 

i have almost the similar thing goin on wit my car. my punk *** friend gave me some h&r race civic springs for my car and the rear is cut 1 coil. im runnin on koni yellows rite now and i still have the bump stops. but my passenger rear suspension seems like its klankin against metal everytime i hit a big bump. dont know wat it is... any help would help me too

yes my ride is pretty ghetto and it is hella bumpy. but its dumped!

 

ya thats exactly how i feel man

 

When i got the springs installed he said i was lucky because i should have needed new bushings in the back and next time i want to switch springs i will need new ones, would bad bushings cause loud noises maybe the bolt hiting the axel or something?

 

blown struts could be the cause... or if your springs drop is excessive causing your strut to hit your bump stops. some companies recommend cutting your bump stops by half if their drop is excessive.

 

i think you didnt tigten the the top strut bolt.. mine made that noise to till i tightend it and it wetn away

 

well this is what i think it is....some may disagree, but i have the h&r race springs on my gsr, and if you noticed how you didnt have to compress the spring when you put it on, well when you hit a bump and the shock stretches out the spring doesnt have any pressure on it so its free to move around, well the car comes back down on the shock, and im pretty sure thats what the sound is, if that makes any sense

 

Well that sounds like it could be right how did u fix it???

 

theres nothing you can do as far as i know, unless you want to put longer springs on it like before, otherwise i dont have any ideas, does anyone else?

 

I dont really mind it it just sounds so awful liek something was being damaged

 

it hasnt hurt anything as far as i know, i took off the rears and everything looked fine after i had had them on for a while

 

dosnt sound good to me, you shouldnt take your chances with stuff like that.

 

the nut on the top of the strut, tighten it more until it wont go down any further then either find a torque spec for it or tighten it like crazy, if that nut comes loose or off then you will either make that noise your talking about or you will die. Also might wanna check out your ball joints, and check your ABS lines for leaks and or kinks.

 

no the nut is tightened down all the way, the springs are just very short, they are that short bc they dont compress much, thats how they get thier stiffness, ive checked everything and all it is is the spring bouncing (so to speak ) when the car hits a bump