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So I have a pretty nasty clonk that I get from both front sides it seems when I turn at low speed. I would call it a clonk although it almost sounds like a ping.
It doesn't make the noise when cornering at any speed
When turning and feeling the top mounts you can feel a little vibration through them.
any ideas?
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Are you running coilovers?
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well yeah it is like a pinging, and yeah man its got coils in it but dont know which ones tbh, but at a glance pretty sure the helpers are out. next step might be to just swap my good coilies/ top mounts for these ones
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Sure its not top mount bearings?
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top mount bearings wouldnt normally ping...
that ping as pellowe said is the springs skipping in their seats
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Ah right, so some grease should shut it up? may just fit mine as they are newer anyway
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I used to get the ping, but that was because I had one coilover higher than the other(so it looked same on both arches). Set em both level and no ping since.
Although one side sits slight higher ;(