[s-cars] front suspension noise

[Andrew Beckert]

Did you trim your front fender liners?  I know this is sometimes needed with
the 2bennett plates, not sure about the Igor units.  Also, what size tires
are you running?

Andrew

On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 9:54 PM, Aaron Ryba <aaronryba at yahoo.com> wrote:

> I just replaced entire suspension system with H&R sport and Bilstein
> sports, Igor plates, all new bushings everywhere, etc. Everything dialed
> into spec properly.
>
> I am experiencing a strange knocking/bump noise when the front suspension
> travels up. It only happens when going over speed bumps or other large bumps
> faster than normal. I have been checking and rechecking that everything is
> torqued properly and still no fix.
>
> The noise doesn't seem to happen on immediate compression but once the
> rear wheels go up over the bump (and front is down). The noise definitely
> comes from the front and I can feel it too.
>
> The only thing I did non-Bentley style was to tighten the front sway bar
> bushing clamps at the subframe before the car was on it's own weight. This
> seemed impossible once the subframe was reinstalled as access to the bolt
> heads looked non-existant. Also used flour instead of talc powder on those
> new rubber bushings. I have no idea if this is the issue but it does sound
> like the sway bar is making the noise. Maybe some part of the H&R coils is
> catching?
>
> Is this the internal bump stop in the Bilstiens? or the full compression
> of the springs? It doesn't seem like I should be hitting that so soon.
>
> I was very attentive to reassemble everything as required so I am
> perplexed about the noise. Haven't had a helper to put some weight on the
> front end to try to replicate the movement, also pretty hard to do with the
> stiffer springs.
>
> Anyone have an idea of what this is?
>
> TIA
> Aaron Ryba
> 95 S6 145k mi
>
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