Yeah it's coming from the top of the strut, I'm thinking that it has to do with the connection between the frame and strut. Or maybe the top strut nut is riding/knocking on metal...any chance of this?

 

cars and coffee in irvine? or?

 

if Grant can chime in (gdup35sedan) i had a very similar issue and i thought my strut bolt wasnt tight enough (front driver side). it would happen on the smallest bumps too. Grant looked at the endlinks and he didnt see anything wrong with them. i took it to the dealership, they inspected it and determined the issue was the driver side endlink, but both were replaced.

now the endlinks have more pressure on them since you are dropped too. and thats when noises always tend to come up

 

Yep.

 

Anyone know here in San Diego of a good place to get bumper painted with them trying to rape my wallet? i went to Maaco yesterday and they quoted me $600 for just the bumper.

 

prob just best to take it to LA auto explosion, i heard they do amazing work and are around 300 bucks. but 600 seems steep. just a repaint should be like 450

 

Thats what i thought also. Maybe he was being a d*** and estimated the most expensive package they had.

 

Budget Nurburgring project begins. Some parts came in.

Should have bought coils instead, but I can't ride low here in Italy and most coils that I was interested in come with a drop at it's highest setting. I can barely get around a z-springs. These struts should match well OEM revised springs.







Next mod: Michelin Pilot Super Sport tires.

 

anyone know who's G this is? i'e never seen it before... http://sandiego.craigslist.org/csd/cto/2940817491.html

 

 

When i got my bumper painted it was for 300 bucks but it was at R & J

 

So i fixed my struts today. the popping noise was caused by missing paper/rubber gasket thingys on top of my struts. the ones i got didn't have any so i didn't think they were necessary but then i got the popping/creaking noise. so i stole the ones off my old oem struts and put them on BOOM problem solved
thanks for all the help dudes

 

just messing around with crapy iphone video lol

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^^ damm white is hot

 

nice drop, looking good.