Coilover Dimensions...?

**s4mmie** · 28-08-2012, 09:38 PM

Just a thought, have you checked your LCA bushes aren't fudged? I had clunking around the footwell and just had mine replaced.. all gone. Touch wood.

**Jmac** · 28-08-2012, 09:43 PM

Originally Posted by noone

It's very hard to remotely diagnose what a sound is. It may be something has loostened, I know my car once had a rattle that sounded like it was in the door, was found (or I was told) it was the radiator mounts.

Taking the front skirt off isnt too much of a task, might give you visibility of something.

I feel for you, rattles bug me, I've had my dash pretty much out getting to one bugger.

I don't understand why a car needs thrust bearings when bearings which couple to the top hat and sit above the spring are standard. On saying that I've had issues with them, so these may help reduce the stress on that component?

Would love to experiment but I don't the tools, experience or wallet for it.

You were told right about the radiator, well its actually the rad support, it comes loose T30 torx screws left and right and it DOES resonate right through to the door, trust me on that, lossen them off and go for a drive then you will see, can really throw someone chasing the rattle,. Seen this in 90% of them, i tighten them up at service anyway. BUt to keep on topic this certainly doesnt sound like that for sure
Cheers

**gotboost?** · 28-08-2012, 10:23 PM

Originally Posted by spraycanmansam

Just a thought, have you checked your LCA bushes aren't fudged? I had clunking around the footwell and just had mine replaced.. all gone. Touch wood.

Hrmmm... Could be it, but did yours go that suddenly? As in, I drove the car this morning, didn't really hear much of a rattle. Drove it this afternoon and I started getting this rattle that seriously had me out of the car and on the ground trying to find out what it was before something fell off... :/

Originally Posted by Jmac

You were told right about the radiator, well its actually the rad support, it comes loose T30 torx screws left and right and it DOES resonate right through to the door, trust me on that, lossen them off and go for a drive then you will see, can really throw someone chasing the rattle,. Seen this in 90% of them, i tighten them up at service anyway. BUt to keep on topic this certainly doesnt sound like that for sure
Cheers

Thanks Jimmy. Definitely something I'll have noted for any future rattles that surface lol

Oh, and for the record, it appears to be on the driver's side only.

**Blitzen** · 29-08-2012, 06:37 AM

Thanks for the advice on the rad support guys. I have a friggen annoying rattle at the moment. I know that my strut tops are knackered, and they are getting replaced, but the rad support sound described is bang on the mark for what I am hearing (I originally thought it was a buggered exhaust mount with the exhaust hitting the tunnel). Had the car up on the hoist, but nothing there.

**gotboost?** · 29-08-2012, 06:24 PM

Originally Posted by spraycanmansam

Just a thought, have you checked your LCA bushes aren't fudged? I had clunking around the footwell and just had mine replaced.. all gone. Touch wood.

Sam, I doubted you at first, but I think you're onto something... Just checked under the car and found something a bit suss...

Driver's side:

Passenger side:

**leitch** · 29-08-2012, 06:43 PM

Damn they are F-ed.

**gotboost?** · 29-08-2012, 06:45 PM

Hahahaha, I was looking at them and thinking... "Hmmm.. Surely that's not how they're supposed to look."

**s4mmie** · 29-08-2012, 07:40 PM

Haha that won't be helping! Only mentioned it when you said it was around the footwell and turning.. it was driving me up the wall as well! Mine basically fell apart when Jimmy pulled them out.