Getting F-Sport Suspension Installed Tomorrow!
09-14-09, 05:47 PM
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All four of mine are clunking too, but it seems more at the right rear corner. However it happens more at very slow speeds over ruts that jar the suspension. Slower dips don't cause it as much.
I am looking into the Tien silencers, but now that I hear about this defective F-spring thing, I have taken a step back to obverse some outcomes here. Everyone please keep the posts coming on this issue.
I am looking into the Tien silencers, but now that I hear about this defective F-spring thing, I have taken a step back to obverse some outcomes here. Everyone please keep the posts coming on this issue.
09-15-09, 10:04 AM
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This "defective F-sport" springs thing needs to be explored. First I've heard of it.
So if the bushings are properly reset during installation, what's with the clunking? I question what some installers are doing, especially when some installers are telling customers "to wait a few weeks for settling before getting alignment", that's kind of a warning sign IMO.
I'm on Eibach 350's that have same drop as F-Sports (and rumoured to be same springs although never verified), there is no clunking on speed bumps and huge bumps taken at high speeds. If they are the same springs then maybe these were a later batch, because they came from Eibach in May 2009.
So if the bushings are properly reset during installation, what's with the clunking? I question what some installers are doing, especially when some installers are telling customers "to wait a few weeks for settling before getting alignment", that's kind of a warning sign IMO.
I'm on Eibach 350's that have same drop as F-Sports (and rumoured to be same springs although never verified), there is no clunking on speed bumps and huge bumps taken at high speeds. If they are the same springs then maybe these were a later batch, because they came from Eibach in May 2009.
09-15-09, 11:05 AM
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This "defective F-sport" springs thing needs to be explored. First I've heard of it.
So if the bushings are properly reset during installation, what's with the clunking? I question what some installers are doing, especially when some installers are telling customers "to wait a few weeks for settling before getting alignment", that's kind of a warning sign IMO.
I'm on Eibach 350's that have same drop as F-Sports (and rumoured to be same springs although never verified), there is no clunking on speed bumps and huge bumps taken at high speeds. If they are the same springs then maybe these were a later batch, because they came from Eibach in May 2009.
So if the bushings are properly reset during installation, what's with the clunking? I question what some installers are doing, especially when some installers are telling customers "to wait a few weeks for settling before getting alignment", that's kind of a warning sign IMO.
I'm on Eibach 350's that have same drop as F-Sports (and rumoured to be same springs although never verified), there is no clunking on speed bumps and huge bumps taken at high speeds. If they are the same springs then maybe these were a later batch, because they came from Eibach in May 2009.
Edit: I have yet to hear about any "defective" F-Sport springs... sounds like an excuse for ignorance if you ask me.
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09-15-09, 11:11 AM
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Aren't the Eibachs a linear spring? The F-Sports are progressive, and the clunking comes from the coils at the top that are close together coliding when the spring get compressed quickly...
Edit: I have yet to hear about any "defective" F-Sport springs... sounds like an excuse for ignorance if you ask me.
Edit: I have yet to hear about any "defective" F-Sport springs... sounds like an excuse for ignorance if you ask me.
Eibach makes the F-sports, and AFAIK nobody makes a linear aftermarket spring for the 2IS. If you want linear springs you're getting the stock or sport suspension ones.
09-15-09, 11:32 AM
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This "defective F-sport" springs thing needs to be explored. First I've heard of it.
So if the bushings are properly reset during installation, what's with the clunking? I question what some installers are doing, especially when some installers are telling customers "to wait a few weeks for settling before getting alignment", that's kind of a warning sign IMO.
I'm on Eibach 350's that have same drop as F-Sports (and rumoured to be same springs although never verified), there is no clunking on speed bumps and huge bumps taken at high speeds. If they are the same springs then maybe these were a later batch, because they came from Eibach in May 2009.
So if the bushings are properly reset during installation, what's with the clunking? I question what some installers are doing, especially when some installers are telling customers "to wait a few weeks for settling before getting alignment", that's kind of a warning sign IMO.
I'm on Eibach 350's that have same drop as F-Sports (and rumoured to be same springs although never verified), there is no clunking on speed bumps and huge bumps taken at high speeds. If they are the same springs then maybe these were a later batch, because they came from Eibach in May 2009.
09-15-09, 11:36 AM
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09-16-09, 01:12 PM
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