not sure if this is the right thread, but anywayz,

I was drivin to work this morning and i kept hearing a squeaking sound coming from my front driver shock(tein basics) whenever the car shakes from a pothole or something. then all of a sudden it gets woarst. It starts to rattle hard like the the suspension is gonna fallout or something. anywayz i go to check it and the strut is raised up like its about to hit the hood. any ideas of what happen, i think the strut mount is broken. I drove to work, with the hood not locked incase it raises up too high, i just hope i can make it home.. here some pics.

 

Hmmmm Did you put those in yourself?

Regardless call Marcus from MrHeelToe he knows Tein and will be able to look up this thread and help you.
Looks bad to me

his # 1-949-295-1668

 

yeah i installed them myself more than a year ago.. thanks alot though. I spoke to one mechanic and he just looked at it and said the mount is broken..

 

There you go then- dont drive it that way is my suggestion

Did you recently encounter any potholes or other bad things?

 

I cant remember hitting anything serious.. but with these ny roads, i probably did..if it is the strut mount, do i have to remove the whole suspension to fix it? and where is the strut mount located?

 

After removing the tire the damage should be staring at you
No telling for sure until then whats brken where, but I would expect to remove the entire strut/spring and if the top mount of it is broken, tear down and new tophat

 

Did you reuse the factory tophats with the tiens or did they come with their own?

I wouldnt drive it. At all. It will cause more damage and possibly come thru your hood

 

if the tophats is that black peice that closes the coilover and has those 3 bolts in it that goes into the body of the car.. then yes I did?? I parked the car, on the way home i noticed it got alot higher like its touchin the hood now..

 

i checked the strut mount and it seems fine.. any other ideas guys??

 

thanks guyz i fixed it..it was a washer

 

When i installed my coilovers the first time I had a similar if not the same situation.

I would suggest taking the whole coilover on that side out and see if there is any damages. When this happened to me it was because I for got to put in one of the washers, but you said you had these for a year and I assume that this is not the case.

Regardless, I think you should take it out and see if there is what is wrong

Edit: dang you beat me to it

 

Pic Please

Which washer was the culprit- what did it take to fix?

 

maybe the top hat just gave out....i dont see how but regardless of what it was you STILL have to take the coilover out of the car to get to this hat so...get to it you can't drive it anyways. peace

 

this washer holds the strut pole down. it broke and the pole was just sliding between it.. i took off the whole coilover and the top off and saw it... i bought a bushing kit for 7bucks and it came with washers n so on. so i just changed that washer..

 

NIce to hear it was a relatively painless fix- other than the worrying part!

Now get you some shoes!

 

LOL.. i jus ran out to take those pics when i saw the post askin for them. HAHA.. but yeah the fix was pretty easy....

 

good to hear...before clicking on the thread i got a little sad:

"suspension problem...need help....sittinlow" <here we go>

 

^^ LMAO..thanks bro..LOL..

 

now you must raise your car

 

HAHA... im sure we all kno thats never gonna happen Ray...but thanks for the suggestion..besides then ima have to change my plates.lol. anyway lemmi stop before i get in trouble by the mods for rambling .. thanks for all your help guys.