[s-cars] Front Suspension Noise

[Michael Lardizabal]

I've had 4 Ur S cars and none of them behaved the same. 

Ran the gamut of kits from 2Bennett coilovers to plain jane H&R/Bils...and each 
had their own quirks.

Best so far is my current 95.5 S6 sedan w/ H&R/Bilstein Sports ( out of the box- 
no revalve ) >>> all OEM bushings /strut bearings+Igor mod plates. The car just 
goes down the road nice and smooth. No noises....knock on wood.


Worst is the Avant. Fairly fresh stock suspension,subframe 
bushings,driveshaft,etc... but the thing rides like a late 80's Chevy Sonoma 
truck w/ a few illegals in the bed. Go figure . 


As far as your knock, I get that occasionally. Me thinks its the swaybar. I used 
to think it was the springs like you did, but man thats a lot of weight up front 
in these cars. Those springs are in there good.

Just crank up the Bose and roll down the windows. 

These cars seem to exponentially get worse the more you dwell on the little 
nagging issues.   



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From: Hap Maguire <captmagu at gmail.com>
To: brian bilotti <vinnieb2 at yahoo.com>
Cc: s-car-list at audifans.com
Sent: Tue, September 14, 2010 5:54:52 PM
Subject: Re: [s-cars] Front Suspension Noise

Oh Great Billottsifier

We gots da same suspension and I'm just fine. I do get a bump just a I approach 
max deflaection backing up.

Hap. wit dakine Stoned suspension not from Evahboost, Maguire


On Sep 14, 2010, at 1:53 PM, brian bilotti wrote:

> Well well well, I thought it was just me.... My entire front end isn't OE 
>anymore ie, cut down strut housings w/coilovers, solid subframe bushings, Koni 
>dual adjust race shocks, camber plates, spherical bearing control arms, etc, 
>etc. and I get the same squeeks.
> 
> It sounds like sumthin needs to be looobed. maybe it's the swaybar bushings cuz 
>I can't think of much left....
> 
> What say you s-car nut cases???? 
> 
> --- On Tue, 9/14/10, HEALY, WILLIAM L (ATTOPS) <wh3518 at att.com> wrote:
> 
> From: HEALY, WILLIAM L (ATTOPS) <wh3518 at att.com>
> Subject: [s-cars] Front Suspension Noise
> To: s-car-list at audifans.com
> Date: Tuesday, September 14, 2010, 5:51 AM
> 
> Hello all,
> 
> After replacing my suspension components - S6 Plus (GP) springs,
> Blausport struts (bumpers, shock mounts, strut bearing, hardware), tie
> rods, control arms.  I'm getting an annoying squeaking/creaking, when
> going slowly over dips or bumps, when the springs decompress/compress. I
> also get some noise when turning the wheel left or right, it "knocks" a
> bit, when hits a certain spot.  This problem comes and goes, which makes
> it tricky. I pulled the strut assembly out disassembled it, and checked
> the strut bearing and made sure it was put back in the proper position,
> actually seemed to make it worse.  There was no issue with the struts
> fitting tightly into the housings.
> 
> Could the new springs rubberized coating be binding against the rubber
> strut mount?  I'm out of ideas....
> No problems with the rear - quiet and tight.
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> 
> Bill
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