so my question to you guys is how do you exactly know if your coil is blown. im riding on tein ssp's and whenever i go over a bump ONLY THE RIGHT SIDE front wheel coil makes a sound like gas or air is coming out. Is that normal? I checked to see if there was oil leaking but no leakage from the coil itself. Any help is helpful. thanks!

 

Well that would be the damper, not the actual coil. Typically you would see it weeping some sort of oil/liquid and know.

 

my general rule of thumb for figuring out if something is supposed to do or sound like this is if they all do it the same. so if i hear a suspension noise on one side of the car that the other side doesn't, i assume there is something wrong with that side.

 

hmmm than what would you suggest the problem of this may be? would it be the damper than or how should i go about fixing this

 

btw you guys have coilovers right? is there any sounds that come when you guys go over speed bumps

 

i hear sounds of the shock absorbing the bumps.. that's it.. and rattling n isht but that's all normal. lol

 

oh really? okay. well if the absorbing sound is normal thats what im asking. thanks

 

lol the thing is, we don't know if they sound you're talking about is the same as the sound we are talking about...

 

Tofu, to check to see if your damper is blown you can do a simple little trick.

With the car on flat ground go the corner of the car (the one that you're trying to check) and push down pretty hard with all your body weight on that corner. If the car starts bouncing for longer than a single up/down cycle your shock is wearing out or blown. Make sure to check other corners of the car as well to see how all the corners react. Any variation probably means blown or leaking damper.

As Ack said before, if you're seeing any kind of fluids seeping out for leaking from anywhere on the actual unit you're definitely going to need to have the damper rebuilt.

My KW V2s sound similar to what you're describing over all bumps, but it's consistent across all 4 corners and I've got a mostly stripped interior so it's very easy to hear.

If you want me to take a look at it sometime just let me know and I'll give it a once over for ya.

 

that be sweet one nut. i'll def do the trick tonight and check. After that if i still can't figure it out i'll pm you and meet up with you or something. Thanks alot though.

 

^mine creak a little but nothing major, still got to get together on those edfc's!

 

Yea, no worries man. Let me know if you need help and I'm in. I'm going to try to go to that tC only meet they're trying to put together for the 30th, but I'm happy to meet up earlier if you think you can't wait.

Kanchi, I have a PM from you I never responded too. Sorry about that, I totally missed it. I'm gonna try to get to some of the Friday meet ups, I promise.

 

^ that meet sounds just about right to check it. No rush haha at least i don't think so. And kanchi! yes we still need to get together for those. maybe not a bad time to get the whole thing checked while its out either hahaha

 

nevermind guys its not blown. i actually found out that its the top part hitting something against my strutbar. No bounce at all or any movement when pushed hard either.

 

How long has this been going on for? Is it relatively new or is this something that's been doing this since you've had the coilovers installed?

Which exact part of the coilover is intersecting the strutbar? I can't imagine any one part of the coilover that should reach high enough up to hit anything on the bar. (Although I don't know which strutbar you have and I don't know what the Teins look like at the top)

Can you take a picture for us?

If it can wait, I'll bring some of my tools to the meet on the 30th so we can fix it if needed.