[chipmunk]

As I type this, my car is at the dealership for the 2nd time for popping sounds from suspension mounts. It happens while slowly reversing with steering turned. After a long time with the techs, I finally convinced them that it was from the top hats, and not from sway bar links.

My question is: has anyone else had this issue come up twice or more? I already had the "updated" top hats, but it still pops. If the problem comes back after a year or so, I'll be out of warranty and will have to fix it myself. In that case, how do I permanently fix this? Aftermarket top hats or springs? Grease up the bearings or springs? If your car did this once and now fixed, what did you do to fix it?