I installed my springs on my car about a week ago and the left rear side sounds like it is jiggling or knocking somewhat. Whats goin on? I tightened it as much as I could and even had my dad tighten it too to see if it would stop. Hell he even stripped the top of the strut (where the locking pliers "attach"). You guys got any thoughts on it?

I use to have that right after I installed my coilovers. I also thought there was something wrong. After a couple of weeks it just stop and I don't hear it anymore. All I can figure the car was just getting use to being lowered and finially settled, same as the springs. Maybe they are just settling. I have no explanation as I said mine just suddendly stop making noise. I am just making an educated guess.

Check the condition of you upper knuckle/a-arm bushing. When that goes, it'll knock like hell back there. The knuckle should be perfectly centered in the arm. If it is off to one side, the bushing is probably gone and that's your noise.

but if the bushing was gone wouldnt it have knocked like that b4 I changed the springs out?

well the bushing might have gone right after lowering the car... since that will tend to stress out those factory rubber pos's...

Look for clearance problems, I had to bend the metal in the rear wheel well up to clear my tires which were rubbing and making knocking noises.



Contemplating Turbo. . . . .

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All Motor Beast in need of MAJOR TUNING

Perf:
KYB AGX Struts
Neuspeed Sport Springs
5 Strut Bars (2 F/U, F/L, R/U, R/L)
Sprint Front Camber Kit
$15 Rear Camber Kit
Corbin's A/F Gauge
MSD DIS-2 Ignition System
Some Regrind Cams that need High Compression (which I don't have)
Ported Intake Manifold
Ported Throttle Body
Nameless Cold Air Intake with a K&N Filter
Custom 2 1/2 inch exhaust with Dual DTM Muffler
Empty Catalytic Convertor
Energy Suspension Motor Mount inserts
Hurricane_GS Short Shifter
Symborsky Shift Kit
Clutchmasters Stage 3 Modular
225/50/16inch Wheels and Tires


Audio:
Alpine CD Head Unit
Alpine Flex4 25W X 4 for Fronts and Rears
Alpine V-12 450W X 1 for Subs
Infinity Reference Series 5 1/4 and 1 inch tweeter component systems for fronts and rears
Blaupunkt 3 way 6x9's in the rears
3 MTX 5000 10" 12 ohm subs running 4 ohms mono

Even with the stock 14's??? It is only a 1.3inch drop. Is it hard to bend the metal if there are clearance issues?

I have a 1.5 inch drop on 16 inch rims but I have wider tires on them. I just used a baseball bat and bend against the tire to bend the metal up.



Contemplating Turbo. . . . .

http://hometown.aol.com/ohshootuhh/

All Motor Beast in need of MAJOR TUNING

Perf:
KYB AGX Struts
Neuspeed Sport Springs
5 Strut Bars (2 F/U, F/L, R/U, R/L)
Sprint Front Camber Kit
$15 Rear Camber Kit
Corbin's A/F Gauge
MSD DIS-2 Ignition System
Some Regrind Cams that need High Compression (which I don't have)
Ported Intake Manifold
Ported Throttle Body
Nameless Cold Air Intake with a K&N Filter
Custom 2 1/2 inch exhaust with Dual DTM Muffler
Empty Catalytic Convertor
Energy Suspension Motor Mount inserts
Hurricane_GS Short Shifter
Symborsky Shift Kit
Clutchmasters Stage 3 Modular
225/50/16inch Wheels and Tires


Audio:
Alpine CD Head Unit
Alpine Flex4 25W X 4 for Fronts and Rears
Alpine V-12 450W X 1 for Subs
Infinity Reference Series 5 1/4 and 1 inch tweeter component systems for fronts and rears
Blaupunkt 3 way 6x9's in the rears
3 MTX 5000 10" 12 ohm subs running 4 ohms mono

Thanks guys. Ill look into it when i go home for thanksgiving and post if i have any more probs