Knock After Springs Done

[simboy73]

Afternoon all, please help - i had new alexi springs fitted to my WRX Wagon... 2003 MY..

Got them done yesterday... No knocking from front when i dropped the car off, when i collected it, any slight pot hole or bump inthe road, especially the speed bumps outside my house sends the car into clonking heaven... It's the front only...

Any suggestions.

Drop links - ARB Bushes.?

Please help..

Ta Muchly (it does look nicer lower though)

Simboy

[david_taylor]

Afternoon all, please help - i had new alexi springs fitted to my WRX Wagon... 2003 MY..

Got them done yesterday... No knocking from front when i dropped the car off, when i collected it, any slight pot hole or bump inthe road, especially the speed bumps outside my house sends the car into clonking heaven... It's the front only...

Any suggestions.

Drop links - ARB Bushes.?

Please help..

Ta Muchly (it does look nicer lower though)

Simboy

Sounds like drop links - had a similar noise under same circumstances on my classic and new droplinks solved it. If you can get it up on a ramp and get a bar in you can usually see a bit of play in them if they are making that noise.

[notsosmall]

Yeah sounds like droplinks, i just changed mine because they were knocking

seems strange that you only noticed it after the springs were fitted though!?!

[kinghorn]

lol,

something is loose,

id get the car up in the air and check the tightness of every bolt before spending cash on somin you prob dont need

[Subarstar]

As above, I wouldn't be surprised if something hasn't been tightened properly.

Had the same thing on one of our cars recently. A couple of turns with a spanner and all was well.

[simboy73]

As soon as i got home lastnight i took the wheels off and tightened the struts - top and bottom and nothing was loose, all was fine.. Although i did look at the original drop links and the rubbers or bushes look like they maybe have had it, but still it wasn't knocking before..

So what are drop links gonna cost.. Is it something i could doo myself.? I am not looking for all singing all damcing track day stuff, just something to take the knock away.

Simboy

[StewartyBoy]

Droplinks are one of the easier things to do mate. I would take it back to the garage first though mate, make sure its something they havent missed.

[frank c]

Take it back to whoever fitted the springs for a look ?

[mystery machine]

Take it back to whoever fitted the springs for a look ?

Absolutely.

[simboy73]

Defo - i have it booked in for tomorrow..

Cheers for all the advice - comments..

Si

[cusco kid]

hi m8 if there was no knock before ,check the strut top nuts ,req nipped up. if knock comes just as the load comes off the suspension its loose nuts on the top mounts .its too easy to blame the d/links

hope this helps

geo

gp motorsport

[barry_shepherd]

I had that problem on mine.......turns out a garage had put the springs on upside down......somehow!!

Cheers,

Shep