i just swapped in some tein htech rear springs, in place of my buddy club coilovers. i have a rattle sounds like its coming from the rear deck drivers side. i checked to make sure every all the bolts i touched were tight. i even re-torqued the 12mm's that hold the oem shock in. any ideas? is there supposed to be a rubber gasket on top of the shock?

 

there's a rubber piece that sits on top of the spring

 

yes i know its huge...

 

and present on both side.

there is also a rubber piece on the bottom of both springs.


but it sounds like its coming from higher up on the car.

 

Make sure the bolt right on top of the mount, under the dampener adjustment **** is tight. That was my problem that caused my rattle. If you have a coupe, that might be a pain to get to. If you have a sedan with rear reclining seats, then its easy to get to.

 

its a coupe... and not that bad. i will have an update tomorrow, as i just got home from work and dont feel like tearing into my car @ 1am

 

i am so pissed off right now... i jack my car up and am looking for this rattle... and low and behold my wheel / brake rotor are wobbling around. i am like wtf did i not tighten the lugs? nope they are tight. my drivers side wheel bearing is blown out. this is seriously the biggest piece of **** car i have ever owned.
50k miles = Brake master cyl springs a leak. i end up replacing pads, rotors trying to figure it out...

52k miles the power door lock drivers side works when it wants to.. i normally have to use my key to unlock my car.

57k miles wheel bearing is toast.

i bought the car with 40k miles on it thinking i was buying a reliable low mileage car.

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the actual noise was the rear brake rotor coming in contact with the dust shield slightly. it would hit and make a TING TING TING noise.. so i bent the dust shield back. however i have a much more serious problem being that my wheel bearing is completely shot. i do not have another car to drive and work almost 30 min away, so i guess ima drive it till the wheel falls off, or this weekend whichever comes 1st