Wierd Noise

[Br0therly Love]

hi,
Ive just installed TEIN springs on my '02 protege es, I love the look of the car, everything looks fine, however, the rear suspension is making noise. When I hit a bumb it makes a sound, it sounds like something's loose. I took it to the machanic and they told me it's natural that this noise occur becuz the strut is not use to the aftermarket springs. He also told me that the noise will go away eventually. Is this something that I sound be worry about, or is this a normal occurance?

[Tzar177]

hi,
Ive just installed TEIN springs on my '02 protege es, I love the look of the car, everything looks fine, however, the rear suspension is making noise. When I hit a bumb it makes a sound, it sounds like something's loose. I took it to the machanic and they told me it's natural that this noise occur becuz the strut is not use to the aftermarket springs. He also told me that the noise will go away eventually. Is this something that I sound be worry about, or is this a normal occurance?

Try this...... http://www.msprotege.com/forum/showthread.php?t=122129&highlight=washer+fix

[Br0therly Love]

thanks, cleared things up, but I'm still uncertian as to what to do.

[red95_240sx]

is it a rattle? check every bolt you untightened if you did the job yourself.

[Huascar82]

2 likely causes after a spring install, loose nuts that hold down the spring to the upper spring mount, check to see if that bowl shaped washer is loose, try putting some extra washers if necessary.

Second cause is that because of the extra closeness of the spring coil on the top of the spring they would be smashing together producing that clunk noise. What I did (based on a post by TheMan) was buy a few sets of Tein Spring Silencer Rubbers, think 2 come per pack and 3 packs is what you'll need to do the back. Each rubber thing sits on the spring on each coil on the top helping dampen the hitting between coils.

[Blake]

tighten the struts tighten the endlinks .... do the es have endlinks in the rear?

[Br0therly Love]

everything seems to be tighten, I took it to the mechanic and they said I might need new brushings, and anyone confirm this?

[Blake]

is it squeeking?

[Br0therly Love]

clunking

[Tzar177]

Have you tried pushing down on the rear of the car while parked to see if you can hear anything? Try having a passenger in the rear seat while driving to see if they can pinpoint the location of the noise.

[Tzar177]

do you have a digital camera or a way you can record the sound taking place?

[AzteCypher]

I had a clunking when I installed my Spool springs and it was the same problem that The Man had. You can check out this link and start reading from post 12. It discusses some noise issues and solutions.

http://www.imazda.com/forums/showthread.php?t=147

[Br0therly Love]

^is there a cheaper solution? I tried to put washers on top of the strut as suggested in other threads. It's really getting annoying, please help!