clunking noise after sportline install?
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clunking noise after sportline install?
I just got my sportlines and camber installed and when i go over medium to large bumps with some speed I hear a "klunk" noise coming from behind me. I cant remember if i read somewhere that it could be because the sportlines were a lot shorter than my stock springs. Can anyone confirm this?
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Originally Posted by Naskhan
I just got my sportlines and camber installed and when i go over medium to large bumps with some speed I hear a "klunk" noise coming from behind me. I cant remember if i read somewhere that it could be because the sportlines were a lot shorter than my stock springs. Can anyone confirm this?
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Originally Posted by Naskhan
just ordered it, y?
A rear sway will limit the amount of travel in the rear. Getting one fixed the clunking I was having w/ my prokit, but it would still clunk rarely, like in emergency braking where all of the weight of the car is forward then settles, but daily it was great. The sportlines are lower than the prokit so I don't know if it'll help to the same extent, but it certainly will help.
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I would recheck all the bolts, take the rear seat bolsters out
and check the top strut bolts too. Be sure inner toe link cam bolt
does not turn when tightening the nut.
Otherwise I don't believe any spring should be run without
Nuespeed/koni struts which are 20mm shorter.
My comptech 110-160's seemed to install on stock struts ok
but then after initial sag, they fitted loosely onto Nuespeed struts later.
I installed them onto the Nuespeed without spring compressors and
these are shorter struts!
That is loose and sportline is even lower.
and check the top strut bolts too. Be sure inner toe link cam bolt
does not turn when tightening the nut.
Otherwise I don't believe any spring should be run without
Nuespeed/koni struts which are 20mm shorter.
My comptech 110-160's seemed to install on stock struts ok
but then after initial sag, they fitted loosely onto Nuespeed struts later.
I installed them onto the Nuespeed without spring compressors and
these are shorter struts!
That is loose and sportline is even lower.
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The ride height of the sportline is lower than most springs and the length is also shorter than stock. However, it doesn't mean that the spring will sit loose on the spring perch, because there are enough dead coils on the spring to take up the slack. Spring compressors are still required to remove them but it doesn't need much compressing.
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