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Old 04-04-19, 05:15 PM
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I have noticed going into driveways at an angle and things that put a twisting load on the chassis it sounds like the rear glass is being flexed... No good. Anyone else have this happen and did a rear strut brace or similar help with it?
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I would check nd tighten all your front and rear crossmember bolts and nuts along with suspension bolts and nuts wouldn’t hurt!
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Originally Posted by LEXXIUM
I would check nd tighten all your front and rear crossmember bolts and nuts along with suspension bolts and nuts wouldn’t hurt!
I just installed coilovers recently so those are all tight. But it was doing this on struts too.
Xmembers I'll have to check. Doing front poly bushings soon I have them just been busy. Need to order rears and go through all of that.
But beyond a flat out missing crossmember i don't see why any of that would cause so much body flex that it puts stress on the glass you can hear
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My driveway is steep and angles across the property, making for a potentially frame-twisting transition from the street. I've never noticed that behavior with any of my SCs, even on firm suspension.
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Pull down your headliner. You'll see bolts that hold the sunroof down to the roof, make sure those are tight. Before i removed my sunroof i had a clicking noise in the back when traversing over road transitions and found it to be bad clips holding interior panels and also loose bolts holding in the moon roof.
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If you have a lot of suspension modifications, a strut bar will help a bit. however, the only way to make all the noises go away is a rollcage..

In your case, solid rear subframe bushings would help. so would aftermarket swaybars with spherical bearing endlinks, such as BattleVersions.
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