I have a bad clunk in my front suspension. Any ideas?

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Old May 19, 2008 | 06:10 PM
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Dude, my 04' G coupe JUST started doing that too. All I've got now are Tanabe springs, and i've had them on for about a year now.

And I hear a "clunk-clunk" sound (front driver side)whenever i go over a rough set of bumps on the road...slowly...OR....when i'm braking right before i come to a stop.

My friend says that the top strut bushing might be shot. But we won't know until we put the car in the air and start probing around.

and NOW.....i'm feeling vibrating on the steering wheel when I go 75mph+ on the freeway. LOL!

Its a mind boggle at this point....
 
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Old May 30, 2008 | 03:36 PM
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Originally Posted by Klubbheads

Can I use the 05 sport endlinks on my 2003 coupe?
 
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Old May 30, 2008 | 03:49 PM
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Originally Posted by TouvanS
Dude, my 04' G coupe JUST started doing that too. All I've got now are Tanabe springs, and i've had them on for about a year now.

And I hear a "clunk-clunk" sound (front driver side)whenever i go over a rough set of bumps on the road...slowly...OR....when i'm braking right before i come to a stop.

My friend says that the top strut bushing might be shot. But we won't know until we put the car in the air and start probing around.
and NOW.....i'm feeling vibrating on the steering wheel when I go 75mph+ on the freeway. LOL!

Its a mind boggle at this point....

Yeah, thats what I thought... New struts, NEW STRUT BUSHING PLATES, new swaybar end links, new swaybar bushings... AND still a clunk....

I said fvck it and traded it in for an Acura TL.
 
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Old May 30, 2008 | 04:25 PM
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try tighten the main strut bolt all the way down
 
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Old Jun 28, 2008 | 03:20 AM
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i just developed a nasty and very frequent clunk, went over some rough pavement while turning pretty hard and i also just recently replaced my swaybars, i hope i just snapped an endlink like this thread seems to imply, i'll have to check it out tomorrow. :/
 
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Old Jun 28, 2008 | 03:46 AM
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just wanted to add, i have the same exact issue with my front driver side suspension. . .new shocks, springs, sway bar, powergrid endlinks too. . .i'm gonna re-doubel check the end links and sways tomorrow. . .please be it!
 
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Old Jun 28, 2008 | 07:59 AM
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I never could find mine. I got so pissed I traded the car in...
 
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Old Jun 28, 2008 | 08:34 AM
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Yeah I checked mine and everything is tight. From what I read it just needs to be greased. I said fck it... I either don't notice it anymore or it disappeared.
 
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Old Jun 28, 2008 | 10:50 AM
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Mine did that too, it was Compression rods and it was covered under warranty.
 
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Old Jun 28, 2008 | 03:54 PM
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just a follow up. . .it was indeed a bolt on my powergrid endlinks. . .it was loose. . .the one connecting to the sway bar. . .no more pops/clunk/clicks! i think. . .need more road testing to confirm.
 
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Old Jul 6, 2008 | 11:38 PM
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I have a clunking noise as well and my mechanic saw that one of the end links was bent, so I'm going to replace them with Powergrids. How tough is the install? I'm thinking that I should just have my mechanic do it so that I don't f up. What do you guys think?
 
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Old Jul 7, 2008 | 12:01 AM
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mine did it for a week or so after i had hotchkis sways put on and then on of the bolts eventually popped off, well we ended up putting a new bolt a and some locktite and it hasn't made an noise since. been bout 6 months now
 
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Old Jul 7, 2008 | 11:23 AM
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Originally Posted by Mr Inkredibul
Can I use the 05 sport endlinks on my 2003 coupe?
yes.
 
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Old Jul 15, 2008 | 02:07 PM
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I purchased the PowerGrid front end links and had my mechanic install them today. Clunking noise is gone...FINALLY! I feel like its a new car again. And I have been holding off on putting my new wheels on until I got this fixed so the new wheels are going on after work! WOOT!
 
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Old Jul 15, 2008 | 02:10 PM
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Originally Posted by virtualbong
I purchased the PowerGrid front end links and had my mechanic install them today. Clunking noise is gone...FINALLY! I feel like its a new car again. And I have been holding off on putting my new wheels on until I got this fixed so the new wheels are going on after work! WOOT!
feels good doesn't it? I had the same exact feeling about 3 weeks ago when they tightened all the bolts underneath the car and every single noise went away.
 
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