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Fatstang
10-20-2004, 07:10 AM
I just put in some new Maxim Motorsport 4-bolt cc plates to align my car. i have Strange struts and coilovers with a 14" coil. How noisy is normal for coilovers? When i go over bumps i get a knock/rattle from the strut towers, plus on tight turns they make noise to. i can live with it i guess, but i'm not sure if i have to adjust something, like add in another spacer or i'm fine with it? :dunno:
Want Notch
10-20-2004, 08:18 AM
Steve

I think you should just give up and sell me everything you've put on your car for a dollar. Better yet I'll give you 1000 peso's for it! :thumbs_up

It sounds like something is loose.
Fatstang
10-20-2004, 08:45 AM
Mike, you can pay me in burritos, chit man. :D
I'll go over everything again and snug up any bolt/nuts.
Want Notch
10-20-2004, 09:36 AM
Just how many Burritos would it cost?

The onlt time I've heard noises like that it was a bad strut bearing....but that was on a GM.
quietflow
10-20-2004, 10:14 AM
I have heard of coilovers being noisey, that might just be the way it is. Good Luck
Fatstang
10-20-2004, 10:30 AM
I know they are notorious for be noisy, but how much noise is normal?
quietflow
10-20-2004, 02:03 PM
I have never ran coilovers i didnt put them on my mazda for fear that they would be noisey and I couldnt have that with my daily driver. Have you always had the noise or just since the caster camber plates?
Fatstang
10-20-2004, 04:08 PM
I have never ran coilovers i didnt put them on my mazda for fear that they would be noisey and I couldnt have that with my daily driver. Have you always had the noise or just since the caster camber plates?
No, the noise was they from day one and i had the Steeda cc plates at the time. i have no problem living with the noise, just wondering who else here is running coilovers and seeing if they have noises to?
markstang
10-20-2004, 04:46 PM
my coilovers are noisy also. it doesn't matter because I can't hear anything once the engine is running..... cut off your exhaust, then the coilovers will not be so noisy. :thumbs_up



Mark
Mark302
10-20-2004, 05:08 PM
Yep mine make noise too.
dufkis
10-20-2004, 05:53 PM
My old X2C rear coil overs made a lot of noise, one of the reasons i got rid of them.
Fatstang
10-20-2004, 05:55 PM
Thanx Mark(s) for chiming in. Maybe i'll run open headers to quiet them up :rolleyes:

Hey Joel, did you ever get your 3.73's in yet?
Plus, can Vince post my burn out from MMA day?