I installed Ksport coilovers a week ago (waiting on a pair of ingalls camber bolts now) and when I am stationary, if I turn the wheel left or right I hear a weird clicking noise from the front. Could it be the axle? Endlinks? Is it going to destroy my car?

 

is the noise in the same place in the wheel rotation? like 1.5 turns from full lock each time? id say go back and check that your endlinks are tight

 

it's not in the full rotation, I'd say out of 1.5 turns it's in the first full turn. Sounds like a creaking click. Like something is pulling to the breaking point. I'll check my endlinks but I was messing around yesterday and they were tight.

 

if its a clunking, its most likely the end links. a bunch of people including myself had that issue when installing springs/coilovers

 

what did you do to fix it matt?

 

retightened EVERYTHING up front

 

i think it was the endlinks.

 

lol ok, btw are you on stock endlinks or the skunks?


I think i heard this noise when i drove ray's car also

 

im on skunks. i now have a clunking or something every time my car hits a bump. kinda annoying, so i just turn the radio up haha

 

yeah and make sure the lugnuts are tight too

 

Is your end links length adjustable if it is make sure your anti roll bar is in a neutral position and not whacking anything.

 

Maybe it's the endlinks...Try to fix it up...

 

I will tighten everything today. I need one Gorilla lugnut, gotta call discount tire and see if they can give/sell me just one lol

 

i had the same problem when i had first installed my pro-c's. i put a washer between the endlinks and sway bar then retightened everything. while i had the wheel off i went ahead and adjusted the spring preload - added some tension.

when the wheels were back on and i went for a test run,the noise was gone

 

I like Matt's solution of turning up the radio lol

 

yah, i agree with chaaree's suggestion on adding preload on your
suspension and shimming up the endlink ends if they are loose.

also note that the entire strut turns when you turn the
steering wheel...so if there's a clicky spring to spring seat/
top hat it would make some noise. if that's where the problem
is occurring, try some white lithium grease spray at the top
and bottom of the springs and see if that helps.

 

I wish I knew more about suspension. My spring preload is as tight as humanly possible lol. I think that's why bumps hurt so much (stiff). I tightened down the endlink adjuster (the black piece that spins up or down so you can get the endlink bolt through the hole) so it has no play in it. The noise is gone. Just need to do something about spring preload, and get my camber bolts because the left side is negative as hell and the right is way positive, so the car rides weird and pulls hard to the right lol

 

Mine does this sometimes... Its weird. The more I turn my wheel in a day the more it makes those noise.
It may be the top hats where they meet the body.

Fix the damn spring pre-tension.

 

ewww... LoL
i don't know what the ksport coilovers are like but the pro-c's have an oval bolt hole (don't know the technical term for it) that allows a little bit of camber adjustment. if yours are the same, just loosen up the bolts then push the top of the (edit) brake rotor inward while pulling the bottom outward and have someone tighten the bolts down again.

i did this when i tried to fit some 17s (17x7 +45) but i still rubbed hard. i got lazy when i put my sport stockers back on but left the camber

 

The holes are oblonged.... His arent from what hes telling me.
In short, K-Sports are ehh.

And all you have to do is loosen the 2 bolts, push in on the brake rotor, tighten real tight.