ok. so i put the front springs on my car. not a problem. didnt get a chance to start on the back springs cuz it got way too dark. so i take it for a drive around the block to make sure i dont hear anything funny. when i was turning i heard a weird sound. i take it back to the drive way and look at the spring while turning the wheel and the spring was turning also as i turned the wheel making a ******* nasty sound. does anyone know what i could have done wrong or anything i should check for???

 

What kind of noise is it?

 

Might be your CV's knocking from dropping the hub too quickly. It might also be that the springs aren't sitting on the perch correctly, and are making a cracking noise.

 

well when my friend turns the wheel. it sounds like a popping noise. when i look at it the spring it is popping back and forth like it isnt tight enough but it is. sorry very hard to describe. any more info would be helpful gonna try to fix it today

 

Chances are you assembled the front strut incorrectly at the top. Take them back off and make sure. Usually just lowering springs don't cause noises unless you assemble them wrong.

 

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damn, welcome to my nightmare. my coilovers have been doing this forever. turns out i need an adapter bearing to go onto my stock mounts that are made out of plastic or something. this **** is weak.

 

sounds like your upper mounts arent on there right. and make sure the ***** inside the bearing race didnt fall out...the very first time i lowered my car i backed my car out just to see a whole bunch of grease covered ***** in my driveway. live and learn..

 

ther's an arrow on the upper rubber mount where ur springs goes it has to face outward i had the same problem wit mine so just take the springs back out and position the top mount right and it should fix the problem..............

 

I just put stock springs back on my 01 Civic. I am having a similar problem it sounds like. When I turn the wheel, I am hearing a popping noise from both sides. I will take a better look at it tomorrow.

 

DUD your installation was not correct..


http://www.7thgencivic.com/for...86545


Do this and you should have no problem....

 

make sure they were installed right, I had the same exact noise, and it turned out that my springs were installed upside down ftl

 

Thanks Devani
Fixed my problem, good as new!

 

happy motoring..

 

good to hear

 

what did you end up doing?

 

i have the same popping noise problem with my 2001 civic on the driver side, could it be the spring?

 

Sounds like your top mount bearings.

 

I had a whole world of problems with this too... I'd say Sean DM might be right on this one.

 

whoohoo finally!

 

yeah mines made the same noise until i found out my top strut bearing needs replacing

 

um... this thread is like 5 months old...

 

^oops haha im hella late

 

I have a 03 ex and had the same problem.I replaced the bearing perches and still it did.then I procrastinated and then just realized three day's ago that it was gone.
I'm thinking they settled.

 

hmm, seems like a lot of people had problems with spring installation on their em2.
(including myself) but we fixed it the same hour haha

 

i replaced my bearing in mine but i also have that popping noise still.