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Old Dec 30, 2007 | 10:09 PM
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i have tein ssp coilovers with edfc installed on my car. before the edfc was installed on the car it was nice and quiet. but now that i have the edfc installed on the car it makes a sounds that doesn't sound right. it sounds like air is being pushed out of the coilovers when i hit bumps. i know this doesn't sound normal. do any of ya'll have any tips to what it might be? any help will be appreciated.
Old Dec 30, 2007 | 10:16 PM
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its normal
Old Dec 30, 2007 | 10:21 PM
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i hear that from a lot of expensive cars (bmw, mercedes..)
Old Dec 31, 2007 | 01:12 AM
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i've been told that it wasn't normal when i started asking around. so now i have heard two different opinions. maybe its ok.
Old Dec 31, 2007 | 05:18 AM
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if its feels ok then its should be ok... but u shoold wait antil someone will reply who has edfc..
Old Dec 31, 2007 | 05:20 AM
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mine does that sometimes when i go over bumps fast, otherwise no noise.

i am on ss+p's, currently not with edfc
Old Dec 31, 2007 | 05:45 AM
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the noise is coming from the coilovers themselves and i am running the same setup.
Old Dec 31, 2007 | 07:29 AM
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mine started doing this last month, also. I think this is NOT suppose to be happening because during the first 8 months, this did not happen.
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my coilovers are like 2 months old with 8k miles, and they make that noise... its perfectly fine.
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mines did that from day 1, some coils/struts just make that sound when the spring is compressed and decompressed.
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