Noise from Coilovers

Originally Posted by Junior370z

I had a noise somewhere toward the rear end when I installed my coilovers. I was stupid to what the noise was. I first though it was the top shock mounts in the rear, then I thought it was the shock itself. I checked and rechecked but everything was tight. What I discovered was that the foam fill in for the spare and stuff was the culprit. I know it sounds insane, but when I stuffed a rag to snug everything up back the the noise stopped. I removed my spare so the passenger side foam insert was loose and rattled while I drove. My shock are set somewhat stiff so it rattled quite a bit. It doesn't hurt to check that. I keep the rag there for now until I figure something else out. Carpet back there cover it up anyway. Hope this helps.

Originally Posted by Jeffblue

thanks, i will try that out tomorrow morning. i'm kind of intimidated by the adjustment of the preload since i only have a small jack and jackstands. it will probably take me 4 times as long to do one adjustment then it would at a shop with a lift. the place i bought the coilovers from is going to help me try and fix it, i'm gonna swing by there tomorrow

Originally Posted by Junior370z

No prob. Hopefully it's something simple like that. Let me know if that fixes it. The molded foam back there is pretty hard so it sounds like knocking when the road us rough.