Car is feeling a bit drifty on the highway over bumps, lighter steering left then right + clunking
01-07-2009, 08:51 AM
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Car is feeling a bit drifty on the highway over bumps, lighter steering left then right + clunking
when going over say, a speed bump at an angle or turning into an inclined driveway off the street. Seems less stiff all around.
I can say I have been scraping some snow/ice under the car. No major pot holes or large ice chunks.. The clunk seems to be coming from the drivers side front.
Sway bar links? I have yet to get the car in the garage to inspect it with the weather being so bad.
Thoughts?
I can say I have been scraping some snow/ice under the car. No major pot holes or large ice chunks.. The clunk seems to be coming from the drivers side front.
Sway bar links? I have yet to get the car in the garage to inspect it with the weather being so bad.
Thoughts?
01-08-2009, 06:26 AM
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TRE's are getting pretty old.. I would say 6 years. They are the pretty beefy ECS TRE's
Swapped in a new control arm kit 3 years ago and left the TRE's alone.. they looked real good.
Never had a TRE clunk before. I'll have to get the car up pull a wheel and inspect a bit. Same goes for the sway bar links.
Never had a TRE clunk before. I'll have to get the car up pull a wheel and inspect a bit. Same goes for the sway bar links.
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01-09-2009, 06:13 AM
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It's not really "drifty" in the tre sense.. more or less floaty..
for example.. driving 70mph on the highway over a bump for a bridge. The car floats a bit side to side.. almost feeling less rigid then it has been. Which leads me to believe its a sway bar issues.
ok. duh, the car kind of "sways" more then it should. sheesh. *slaps own face*
ok. duh, the car kind of "sways" more then it should. sheesh. *slaps own face*
01-09-2009, 07:28 AM
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are hyperco springs pigtail like OEM springs? did they come with new upper spring perches?
or, did you have to fabricate / cut away some of the rubber to make the springs fit?
the rubber could be worn out.
I had to cut away rubber on mine to make my STaSIS coilovers fit and I've been wanting to replace them since I think that's where some of my clunkyness comes from. maybe when I have to do control arms, I'll replace them. I wonder if STaSIS makes upper spring perches (or did).
how old is the suspension, in general? shocks might be going out.
the rubber could be worn out.
I had to cut away rubber on mine to make my STaSIS coilovers fit and I've been wanting to replace them since I think that's where some of my clunkyness comes from. maybe when I have to do control arms, I'll replace them. I wonder if STaSIS makes upper spring perches (or did).
how old is the suspension, in general? shocks might be going out.
01-09-2009, 11:14 AM
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hyperco's are seeing some age and are OEM in fasion.. the shocks are a few years old.
Everything seemed in order a month or so ago when Hansen and I removed the suspension and raised the car (grooved Bilsteins).
I'll have a better idea when I can get the car up to poke around.
I'll have a better idea when I can get the car up to poke around.
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