cpone

Okay so I finally got my Rims put back on, got the suspension aligned and now I hear a clunking noise coming from the passenger front end.

I am rolling on Tein CS v2's and until I did the wheels and alignment I didn't hear a thing. I was rolling on stocks. Its been getting progressively worse over the last week. I just took it to the place I got it aligned and they say everything looks tight. Is there anything that I should check to see if I should make tighter?

Its never made this sound before.
I have new ball joints, new tie rods. The suspension only has about 15K on it if that :duno:.
I bought them new.

My questions are:
What could this clunking be?
Do Tein CS coils have this inherent problem?
When coils go bad shouldn't their be some fluid leak or something that shows you its gone bad?
Does it make a "clunk" sound when the coils have gone bad?
I thought only regular struts did this?

Any and all suggestions and help would be greatly appreciated.
PLEASE!

gapxguy

The nut that tightens around your damper adjustment probably fell off. Lots of people overlook this nut.

cpone

Explain?
What nut is this?
That is on the bottom the top?
What does it look like?

cpone

Also I just spoke to a guy from Tein and even he found it odd that there was a clunking sound coming from the Tein CS since it is one complete system.

gapxguy

This is the nut at the top of the coilover. Look inside your engine bay. See the 1-16 damper adjustment pin? This nut goes around it and tightens at it's base. Is it still there?

cpone

yes it is.
Should I try and tighten it anyway?
How could that get loose if they didn't touch it?

phillygs3

iTrader: (5)

take it back to who ever did the alignment they prob looked over something

cpone

^^ I did, they looked over it and all he said he touched was the tie rods

4ntvings

iTrader: (6)

cpone, i never had a clunk noise w/my CS.
best bet, retrack all your previous steps. GL

808d-no

Does the noise happen when you are accel and braking? I got cs on my car, and the only time it made this noise was cause my lug nuts were loose. After i tightend them it was ok.

cpone

^ Doesn't matter.
Accelerate or braking it still happens.

I just tried to diagnose the problem.
I got underneath and checked the bolts on the strut bar, on the sway bar, on the Coils. I even rechecked the tightness of the setting of the coils and nothing.

I also put those little hub centric rings, thinking the rattling was coming from the brakes shaking or something and tightened the bolts on the tires really nice and tight and still the same damn sound.

I took it the next step and just put the coils on 4 setting all the way around, nothing.

Yes I did all of this within the last hour cause its driving me nuts!
And its 11pm.

tommyGS3

iTrader: (4)

is the coilover leaking, might be blown

cpone

No leak on the coil.
I checked that already.

WillieGS3

Clunking noise usually comes from brake systems. Pads is loosed check brake shims. A lot of times we miss interpret the sound that we hear inside our car.
Try to lift the car and use rubber mallet hit your wheels with rubber mallet.

KevinGS

I had a Tein CS clunk as well...and it was blown. Replaced it, the clunk went away.

And no, it did not leak fluid, it was just blown internally.