Hi all, I'm riding on megan coilovers and whenever i hit a big enough bump in the road i feel a BANG sound like its slamming up against something somewhere on the body of the car.
It sounds like a shot gun just went off and its rather alarming and concerning to myself and passengers at times.
I'm getting worried bc every time it happens i feel like the cars gona break somewhere soon. Could it be my upper control arms or something?
I don't recall having this issue when i had my tein ss in my first 2gs.

Your advise is greatly appreciated. Thanks a lot in advance.

 

your UCA is just hitting the top mount area.

 

ditto!!!!!

 

dang so nothing I can do or is this just the way it is?

 

there is....cut the area out. let me find the link.BRB

here is one of them....

https://www.clublexus.com/forums/gs-...er-and-me.html

another one.....

https://www.clublexus.com/forums/gs-...ly-did-it.html

but there is another member who cut his out and boxed it up still looking for that

EDIT AGAIN: here it is

https://www.clublexus.com/forums/gs-...clearance.html

 

there's another member that recently used an air hammer and pounded up that area for more room....still waiting on pics from this member.

 

It eventually creates enough clearance for itself ; unless you hit new and bigger bumps/dips. But like others have said, cut it out.

 

yea i feel the same problem, i always wondered wtf it was!? lol the i got used to it then my coilovers blew and now its non stop.... but im used to it

 

i personally would leave it alone... the higher the UCA goes the mores the more stress the ball joint has to take.. right??


btw just do what i do.. if it bottoms out.. yell "GANGSTAAAA" n just keep driving... thats if i have ppl in the car

 

should yell that out when you're alone too!

 

yea i yell that after my butthole retracts from clinching.

 

^^ lol @ GANGSTAA all i say is , if you dont bottom out u aint ridin hahahah

 

Holy crap and I thought I was the only one who does this after going over a dip/bump

 

^ahhahah i got the same... problem LOLZ

 

lol. What's wrong with people who dont ride low enough to know what were talking about? Someone should really tell them about the "Gangster" factor and all that.