Clunking front end noise??
Mar 10, 2005, 12:17 AM
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I've got the Clunking too. It's on the front Passenger side suspension. It's annoying as ever, and I'm going to get it looked at when head to the dealer for service.
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Mar 10, 2005, 06:18 AM
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haha i feel like a dope. i had the horrible horrible clunking so i went outside with my video camera and microphone. i set it up all nice right beside the speed bump in front of my apartment (and just the night before i drove over it and cringed from the terrible clunking sound). so of course i drive over the speed bump and there is no more clunking. its as if it fixed itself overnight. and i had the problem for a solid week of it getting worse and worse. now, nothing, just like new! i'm at a loss as to what it could have been. possibly the rock idea that someone had, with rocks stuck in the spring...
Mar 10, 2005, 09:16 AM
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Yeah, I really think that idea is very possible, mine goes on and off all the time, and it's not with temperature changes either... I think rocks getting caught are very very possible
Mar 10, 2005, 09:19 AM
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Originally Posted by UT_Evo
Yeah, I really think that idea is very possible, mine goes on and off all the time, and it's not with temperature changes either... I think rocks getting caught are very very possible
Mar 10, 2005, 09:21 AM
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Kick it 5 times, turn around, do a back flip, and then punch yourself out while holding your keys in your open hand, then the clunking will go away...
I think there's a million and two reasons it clunks, creaks, and pops, and almost all of them are normal... I've heard stock suspension that sounds worse than mine, and I've heard the same JIC coilovers as mine that sound way better...
I think there's a million and two reasons it clunks, creaks, and pops, and almost all of them are normal... I've heard stock suspension that sounds worse than mine, and I've heard the same JIC coilovers as mine that sound way better...
Mar 10, 2005, 09:26 AM
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Originally Posted by UT_Evo
Kick it 5 times, turn around, do a back flip, and then punch yourself out while holding your keys in your open hand, then the clunking will go away...
I think there's a million and two reasons it clunks, creaks, and pops, and almost all of them are normal... I've heard stock suspension that sounds worse than mine, and I've heard the same JIC coilovers as mine that sound way better...
I think there's a million and two reasons it clunks, creaks, and pops, and almost all of them are normal... I've heard stock suspension that sounds worse than mine, and I've heard the same JIC coilovers as mine that sound way better...
Mar 10, 2005, 05:40 PM
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Originally Posted by UT_Evo
I can't even hear mine, couple o' JL Audio speakers, amps, and a sub... What clunking? 
Good 'ol JL. I used to have 2 12" JLw6's. I could never hear anything.
Mar 31, 2005, 11:40 AM
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Anyone ever figure the thing out? I also get it every now and then. It sounds to me as though it was a bushing rubbing metal. It will be totally quiet one day and the next it will do it constantly then be totally quiet the next. Back and forth. It is annoying as I drive down the street in my 30k hooptie...
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Mar 31, 2005, 11:51 AM
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Originally Posted by bryans2k
Anyone ever figure the thing out? I also get it every now and then. It sounds to me as though it was a bushing rubbing metal. It will be totally quiet one day and the next it will do it constantly then be totally quiet the next. Back and forth. It is annoying as I drive down the street in my 30k hooptie...
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Apr 3, 2005, 02:02 PM
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Originally Posted by 05evoGSR
Ok i am a little confused, i do not have an evo yet but am getting one and from what i am reading here i should be looking forward to this damn clunking noise. Now from what i have read, it seems that people have done different things to eliminate this problem.(putting rubber in shock mounts, wrapping hose around bottom coil of spring, changing to pillow mounts, messing with the sway bar ends, and now recently the stabilizer link) Logically if the noise if coming from one specific spot, there should only be one way to fix it. Either there are several problems people are having and we are thinking it is one, or it is one problem but since we are messing with things its temporarily going away. Example: has someone just taken out the spring, then reinstalled without touching anything and see if the problem went away? Or another example, if there is a loose wire in a dashboard and a light is flickering, of course you bang the dash and it usually goes away or changes. I think this could be possibly what is happening here. I think we need people to perform certain procedures and see what the result is and post it. Ex: spray some WD-40 on a certain spot(small amount) and drive the car and see if the noise goes away by possible lubricating the spot that could be shifting or moving so it wont make the noise, if not try another spot and so on. Or maybe jack the car up, then lower the car back down and see if it goes away, this will let the people know that the shock they just replaced when the car was jacked up and said it went away might not of been the problem at all. Just some thoughts I figured I would throw out here. Let me know if anyone comes to any conclusions.