Nissan 370Z Forum - View Single Post - clunking noise after lowering coilovers 0.5 of an inch

Thorazine_IM · 11-26-2013, 04:21 AM

ok so i just recently installed a set of coilovers. i used to have swift spring on. when i first installed the coils i was pretty much in the same neighborhood as the swift ( i dont know how i came so close to the swift ride height but i did after doing some math): about 1.5 to 2 fingers gap between tire and fender. i drove the car around and never heard any noise whatsoever. basically, the car was driving perfectly. then i decided the car could drop a little more so i dropped the front 1/2 inch and the rear 1/4 inch. i took it for a spin and started hearing some noise coming from the front passenger side when going over bumps at lower speed. i was thinking it had something to do with sway bar/ end links? maybe the sway bar is stretched out or something from the car being too low? maybe a lose bolt? i triple checked all my work before putting everything back together so i highly doubt its a lose bolt.

11-26-2013, 04:21 AM	#1 (permalink)
Thorazine_IM Base Member Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: CA Posts: 158 Drives: 13 Nissan 370Z PW M6 Rep Power: 12	clunking noise after lowering coilovers 0.5 of an inch ok so i just recently installed a set of coilovers. i used to have swift spring on. when i first installed the coils i was pretty much in the same neighborhood as the swift ( i dont know how i came so close to the swift ride height but i did after doing some math): about 1.5 to 2 fingers gap between tire and fender. i drove the car around and never heard any noise whatsoever. basically, the car was driving perfectly. then i decided the car could drop a little more so i dropped the front 1/2 inch and the rear 1/4 inch. i took it for a spin and started hearing some noise coming from the front passenger side when going over bumps at lower speed. i was thinking it had something to do with sway bar/ end links? maybe the sway bar is stretched out or something from the car being too low? maybe a lose bolt? i triple checked all my work before putting everything back together so i highly doubt its a lose bolt.