Weird Sound After Coilover Install (when moving steering wheel left and right)
 

hey guys, i just intsllaed stance coils on my car and i notice a weird sound (sounds like something hitting the spring) when i turn the steering wheel left and right. i made sure everything is tight and still making that sound. im thinking its bc i didnt have a torque wrench and didnt tighten the 2 bolts on the end links enough (i think its 80lbs of toque), so im planning to buy a torque wrench. before i do so any suggestions?

my wheels are 18x8.75 with 225/45/18 tires. i went under the car and had my gf move the steering wheel and the wheel is definitely not hitting the coilovers and the only thing i notice moving is the sway bar that the end links are connected to

PS the coils came with 2 extra end links, are these required? they look too long for the rears and too short for the fronts (and only facing one direction, while the oem endlinks has one end facing opposite sides) thanks

***also when the car was jacked up on one side (the front left, which is where the sound is coming from), the sound doesnt happen when i had my gf turn the steering wheel and i go under the car. only happens when the tires are on the ground

Is it a ting sound? Like while turning left and right (on ground) you hear a ting ting ting ting?

my guess is the spring seats don't allow the spring to turn on the perch properly, which would be a design flaw.

ergo, your suspension may also loosen itself.

BC Racing, your move

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furthermore, have your coilovers professionally installed if you are not extremely sure of what you are doing. this isn't meant to be condescending but just sound advice to make sure you don't lose a lot of $$$ and time by making a critical error.

yes it does make a ting ting sound on the ground

was there any adjustment i should have made to the coilover before installation? i mean it seemed pretty straight forward during the install..

so is this something i should call stance about? anything i can do to fix this? i might just take out the coilover and take a look at it to make sure the spring can turn ok

coil bind?

Sounds like you didn't get a conical washer between your top mount and coilover.

you need these to prevent coil bind.

http://www.summitracing.com/parts/ha...-109/overview/

More spring pre load. Raise those top perches up. You should barely be able to spin the spring around while the car is jacked up off the ground.

Most coilovers come in the box with no pre load and you can easily just spin the spring around on the top perch.