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h2thab
12-16-2003, 02:09 AM
Hi im new here and owns 96 honda accord lx with few modifications..
well i lowered my car with eibach prokit and even tho it just lowers my car for 1.5 or something i got the camber kit lately.. but the thing is.. after i install the camber kit, it makes a noise whenever i go over a bumper or stuff like that.. so i washed it once and right after i washed it, it didnt make noise for couple hours, and then started making those noise again. I wonder if it's normal to be like that and if it's not, what's wrong with it?! let me know guys. thanks.
-paul
Carreragt2e
12-16-2003, 08:20 AM
First, make sure everything is tightend.
What kind of noise are you talking about? My cars origional suspension make a squeaky noise due to bad struts and a worn out swaybar endlink. I was able to hear this just by bounching my cars suspension.
If you can figure out what side the noise is coming from it will help you figure out where your problem is coming from.
hth
jdmaccordbo!916
12-16-2003, 08:35 AM
well like carreragt2e said.. did you make sure that everything was tightened down correctly.. cause if it is not tightened you could be hearing your camber kit moving around, or it could be your struts... (are they your stock ones, or did you replace them) cause if they are your stockies then that could be what you are hearing.. an the reason why you are not probaly hearing it after you wash the car, is because the water is lubricating whatever it is that is making noise.. so it might just be something as simple as lubricating whatever it is.. or you might have to replace the bushings or something like he told you as well....
matts
12-16-2003, 09:45 AM
i had the eibach springs on, and i think i know what noise you are talking about. it only happened in the rear for me. some tech guy at eibach said it was 2 of the coils of the spring hitting together, and that wrapping a few of the coils with plastic tubing should make it go away. i reluctantly tried that, but the noise continued. i ended up just getting new springs under the installers warranty, but there has to be another way to fix this, because many people have, and like their eibach springs. i think new shocks would help a lot, if not take away the problem completly.
h2thab
12-16-2003, 11:22 AM
ok..
thanks guys.. i'll try some stuff and let u kno how it went..
oh and the noise comes out of all 4 of them.. and i can't really explain what kinda noise it is cause it's my first time hearing that kinda noise!! it's like bunch of things squeezed together or something lol alright anyways thanks for ur helps.
-paul
vasponger
12-16-2003, 12:23 PM
my dads suspension squeks when it gets cold cause the bushings shrink..
Carreragt2e
12-16-2003, 01:54 PM
I know with the TEIN S Stech Lowering Springs, which I once had before I brokemy face on a windsheild and made like 3 grand and bought SS which I now have to sell cause Im poor and dont have a car.. so yeah... buy them..
No, but what I was really trying to say is the S Stechs had the rubber on them already. Squeaking comes from something rubbing together. I guess if you really wanted to get creative you could go in with some WD40 and just spray the crap out of everything but I dont recamend that. Unless it starts to drive you crazy and you cant find it. IT wont work for bushings. YOu need that silcone grease stuff, looks like semen, and comes in a tiny little package just like every person who dosnt drive an accord.. right.
goodluck