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Old 04-20-2010, 07:58 AM
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wassup fellas

i need help or advice cause my a2 cause i cant seem to find the problem. well all in all every time i go up a drive way my car squeaks or makes a rubbing noise. at first i thought my shocks where blown but there not and i replaced them with new oem ap2 ones and it still making that noise. is there any thing else i can check out or change to make it go away. cause i don't want to take it to the shop and have them tell me BS...let me know thanks guys
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are the spring spacers still in place? Could be a trunk spring or something too.
Old 04-20-2010, 08:03 AM
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I think I am having the same issue as you. I have some creaking noises coming from my suspension (primarily in the rear on the drivers side). I just installed KW V3's on my car thinking that would fix the problem (on top of doing everything else I wanted coilovers for). Sure enough I still have the creaking noise. I am fairly certain it is a problem with the top hats. I am thinking about replacing the components of the top hats to see if that helps.
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Originally Posted by NoBottleJustThrottle,Apr 20 2010, 08:03 AM
I think I am having the same issue as you. I have some creaking noises coming from my suspension (primarily in the rear on the drivers side). I just installed KW V3's on my car thinking that would fix the problem (on top of doing everything else I wanted coilovers for). Sure enough I still have the creaking noise. I am fairly certain it is a problem with the top hats. I am thinking about replacing the components of the top hats to see if that helps.
grease them first
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Originally Posted by Squirtle,Apr 20 2010, 08:17 AM
grease them first
ill try that and see how it goes other then that yea hopefully it will make the noise go away
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what do you guys use to gease them with? I have that problem to.
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Originally Posted by S2Kmonkee,Apr 20 2010, 01:12 PM
what do you guys use to gease them with? I have that problem to.
well im thinking about high temp grease or just wd40 for now
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isnt it normal for a s2000 to do that?

mines does it since if first got it.

i installed lowering springs and nothing has changed.

so its normal. dont worry about it

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Originally Posted by aLcm,Apr 20 2010, 02:26 PM
isnt it normal for a s2000 to do that?

mines does it since if first got it.

i installed lowering springs and nothing has changed.

so its normal. dont worry about it

mine sounds bad tho like i got a blown shock or some thing...so i guess imma work on my suspension this sat and grease everything up....lolz if any of you guys wanna do the same your welcome to join my at my place juz pm me..
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oh then thats not good haha. good luck solving the problem.


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