Ive had these coilovers for a little over 2000 miles and so far i've loved them. Today I noticed there was a popping sound coming from the front passenger strut when cruisng at speeds below 50mph (or at least above 50mph you couldnt hear it). I also get it real bad when I turn into my driveway. There is a little incline I have to go up and it doesnt make any of the popping noise until the passenger tire is up on the driveway and the driver side is about to go up driveway (i come in at a angle, passenger side first then driver side). Seems like when weight is taken away from that side it makes the noise and then when the weight transfers back over it makes popping sound again.

I jacked up car and pulled off tire and checked everything real good. Well at first we noticed on top of the spring the rubber had gotten out of place and the spring was hitting metal. We put it back on top of the spring so there was something between the shock and the spring, didnt change anything. Put tire back on and I opened the passenger door. Looking like a fool as I was jumping in my door jam I could hear that popping noise again. This time we decide to pull the top 19mm bolt off the top of the shock and investigate. Took if off and found nothing at all, put it back on and of course no change in noise.

Ive come to the conclusion that its the piston inside the shock, I think it might have a bad bearing in it or something. Sounds like the piston is moving back and forth and the noise I hear is the piston in the shock making contact with the shock. If anyone has any input on this please post anything up cause im lost. Im going to call the place I bought them from and see if they will send me one new shock.

Thanks for reading.

-Leonard

 

omnipower =you get what u pay for/?

 

Where did you get them? I understand others had issues. Send them back. They are a nice piece for the money, but obviously not street tested.

 

Same problem here.

 

Did this issue ever get resolved? I was thinking of getting some coilovers and if these are decent, they are by far the cheapest that have ride height adjustment separate from spring rate adjustment.

 

did you ever get this fixed?

we are a big omnipower dealer for the east coast and if you need any help, let me know. i dont want to post to much till our vendor status is updated and confirmed. but if you need anything let me know. i am more then willing to help you fix/replace and get it done. We believe in the omnipower product line.

sales@kteller.com

 

I always thought omnipower was a pretty good company. I belieive alot of honda's and acuras use their coilovers w/o a problem. I would like to know if omni has updated their coilovers then?

 

No definitive answer on this either way, oh well. I'll just assume it's all sorted out. My stock suspension clunked till the mechanic put some rubber hosing around the top coil of my springs, so I would imagine this clunking could be fixed the same way?

 

Yes I gave Omnipower a call and they warrantied the coilover with no questions. Great people to deal with. Since then I have sold the Omnis and I was going back to stock but I got a really good dealon a set of Tein Basics. Both sets of coilovers handle very well but the Teins ride alot smoother than the Omnis.

 

I don't really care how smooth they are, the stock suspension is stiff and it's just something I live with. I just want to get rid of the body roll at the track, or at least most of it. Hopefully these coilovers will do the trick. I'm thinking of getting their circuit spec spring rates. Do they valve their shocks to either set of spring rates or is it the same valving regardless of which spring rates you choose?