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Old 01-19-2005, 11:49 AM
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Clunking sound from rear suspension?

Within the last few weeks I have noticed a subtle clunking sound from the rear when travelling over bumps.

I have PSS9's set to GT2 ride height specs. Seth and I believe that it may be the plastic bushings in the factory strut mounts beginning to fail. We checked all the nuts for tightness and everything appreared to be okay yet the sound seems to be getting progressively more noticable.

I only have 6-7K miles on this suspension so it seems a bit soon for this to be happening but I was curious if any of you have noticed and what you have done to correct the situation?
 
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Old 01-19-2005, 12:16 PM
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Loose swaybar. Pretty common. Dealer tightened mine up last month.
 
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i have the same clunking noise on my car too.. i think it's the swaybars too ill have tom at lucent check it out.. it happens usually in uneven places.. liek going up a drive way.. i think its the sway bars .. well i hope it is
 
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Got air, Britt??? Were you and Rob on the same flight path??
 
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Old 01-19-2005, 12:46 PM
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No MAX! This has been happening for a few weeks.
 
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If not the sway bar, maybe your hitting the bump stops??? GT2 spec is pretty low for a PSS9 set up...
 
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it just started a few weeks ago and I have had the PSS9s for over 6000 miles!
 
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Originally posted by greyghost
it just started a few weeks ago and I have had the PSS9s for over 6000 miles!
Brit,

GT2 spec?? I thought using PSS-9's at GT2 spec meant you were riding on the bump stops? Any high speed stability issues that others have experienced with GT2 spec on PSS-9's?

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Old 01-19-2005, 02:06 PM
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I rarely drive over 100 for sustained periods but not noticed anything susbstantial in bursts up to as high as 150.
 
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Are they Euro PSS-9's Britt?? If so it is the droplinks making the noise... If it is US spec I don't know...
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Yes they are Euros but we checked the droplinks... any other ideas?
 
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Yes they are Euros but we checked the droplinks... any other ideas?
Not really, 99% of the time thats what it is with the Euro PSS9's...
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