Hey guys, i got this terrible squeeky sound from my front suspinsion when the car is cold, after it warms up the sound disappear, i got Tanabe coilovers, Hotchiks sway bars, GT-Spec strut bar, the sound is awful when i drive it in the morning, it feels like the car is breaking apart, but when i hit the highway or after driving around the sound completly disappear, i tried greasing the hotchiks bushings, but no use, i can't find where the sound is coming from.

Any help or suggestion from where the sound might be coming from?

 

i would think that your sway bar bushing needs some re-greasing.

 

Did you use the correct type of bushing grease?

 

I have the same sound with exactly same setup. Tanabe coils, GTSpec FSB and Hotchkis sways.

 

Me Three but I've got JICs, mine sounds like two rubber pieces squishing against each other, that's the best description I can give. How does yours sound?

I think it's the springs, because it sounds like how springs would sound when it compresses. But for me I mainly get this on speed bumps the rest of the time I can't hear them.

 

I used the grease that came with the sway bars, and after a while when i had the squeeky sound i greased them with the usuall grease, i don't know if it was the sway bars, the sound only comes from the front.

 

hmm weird. i am a little scared to get coilovers now i hope this isn't common for all people...or maybe its the hotchiks sways and no tthe coilovers?

 

The sound is gone after i removed my GT-Spec strut bar :s.

 

I used Green grease and after a year...no squeeks. I think it's good stuff and compatible with the bushings.

 

so its not the coils we know that...

 

FYI to all : Depending on your climate where you live, you may need to relube the bushings more frequently. Mine were pretty much dry after 6mo, but my climate is more hot and humid than others may be. I've been relubing them every 3 months now, and it's surprising how much grease disappears after such a short time

 

damn if u do yours every 3 months I gotta do mine every month.

I need to find that squirt gun you showed me dude, hopefully I'll pick one up today if I have time.

 

3 months may be overkill Maz, but since I change the oil at that interval I just relube the bushings too

 

you know I bought that zerk fitting tool for re-lubing the arbs, now it should be a quick 10-20min job, I'll try and re-lube on Friday


......hang on a min, that sounds dirty

 

I hadn't greased my sway bars in a long time and the bushings were starting to make some noise. I thought I could simply inject some grease using a grease gun on the zerk fittings. I found out that the original grease was all dried up and there was so much crud in there that the new grease couldn't make it's way into the bushings, so I had to unbolt the bar and take out and clean the bushings. Lesson learned; regular maintanance will save you time and effort in the long run.