You should be able to see the bushings sticking out each side and they should be in good shape. If it's centered you ahould be good there. Remember to check the bushings on the compression rods as well, they are right above the LCAs. You can see a curved part of one in the top left of the second pic.

 

yea the comp rods should be good they only have 1k on them

 

I had the same problem it ended up being the sway bar end links, my car made a weird clunking sound and the front end felt like it was loose when I went over bumps, I changed all of them and now my car drives like new again there not that expensive I paid like 110 for all of them from a local dealer...

 

dont know about the OP but my endlinks are new also

 

my front endlinks are not new, they got 60k in them as far as im aware.. maybe should check that out as a possible thing.

 

Look at them but the 05 and up had improved endlinks and have been shown to be able to put up with lowering and suspension modifications. Still doesn't mean they won't fail.

 

Its very likely your SHOCK MOUNTS. Those go bad - I replaced mine at 120K miles and the clunking I had went away.

 

TBW are those the triangular pieces at the top of the shock for the fronts? The service manual calls them the mounting insulator. If they are, that wouldn't explain the clunking issue for people with new or fairly new coilovers unless the coils themselves are either substandard or damaged.

 

how would i know if its the shock mounts? and if im correct its the part that has the bolts sticking out on the top that bolt up to the car.

 

That's what I'm guessing.

 

is this what he's talking about?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/2003-...Q5fAccessories

those go bad?

 

yea thats what he is talking about. and yea they go bad. wouldnt make a clunk sound though.

 

I have the same problem, my car does make that clunk noise, so i looked and my shock is all oily would that be my problem??? Do i need new shocks or is that normal?? I am lowerd on eibach's and stock shocks...

 

means ur shocks have given up.. i would assume that is the problem.

 

Yes I also replaced mine on one side after doing suspension work and it was clunking like crazy over bumps.