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Old 03-13-08, 04:45 PM
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Default Espelir rear springs and clunking on bumps

Well, I installed my Espelir lowering springs long time ago and ever since, there has been a clunk (REAR) when I dips in the road... Now I know that all my BOLTS ARE TORQUED because I have checked already and the sway bar is not hitting the shock because it is positioned normally. Is anyone having this sort of problem after lowering spring install? I am stumped..the only thing I can think of is that the springs are too short and it is just bouncing around on the shocks...or my shocks are too worn out. Anyone have any ideas or experiences?
Old 03-13-08, 05:07 PM
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Are there rubber sleeves on some of the coils? Some springs come with this to prevent that clunk.
I had a similar sound in the past with a swift/bilstein setup. I believe it was because the mechanic tightened up all the bolts while the car was still in the air. He was supposed to put pressure on the suspension (lower the car from the lift) before tightening the suspension bolts.
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I have the same problem. I'm on tokico blues and espiler asd. I was thinking maybe I had worn out bushings
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i had the same problem before but only with one side...espelir asd+stock shocks...it was found to be a blown shock
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I have espelirs and the only "clunk" sounding noise I heard was when my tires would rub against the inner fender over bumps.
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Check your bushes. If they're good it could be spring coil bind whenever you go over a dip. I honestly can't recall if I was getting a clunking noise when I had Espelirs fitted, they were a really nice spring.
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