I'm noticeing alot more creaking in my front end since I hit that tire.
When I just had the sways, it stiffened up and there was a little creaking when going over certain inclines at certain angles.
I swithched from TRDs to Hothkis springs and everything seemed good the first day, and the second day I hit a shreded semi tire tread and my front bumper and drive side skirt had to be replaced.
The shop said they could not do anything about the creaking cause it was aftermarket springs.
I didn't think anything of it, but now the creaking is really bad. I mean, if I get a good launch, it will creak. When hit my breaks a little hard, it creaks.

I'm just wondering if any one with this combination have noticed any creaking up in the front suspension.

btw, I have my front sways on stiff and rear sways in the middle.

 

I have TRD suspension and sway, and a Hotchkis strut bar up front.

And I've been noticing a heck of a lot of creaking lately in the sunroof, from the back of the car.

I remember thinking other tC owners were making a big deal out of a few creaks and clicks from the sunroof and rear quarters of the car--but like I said it's gotten much worse.

You might try checking the tightness on all of the bolts you can get to on your Hotchkis suspension, or even taking it in to a dealership and asking about it.

If you're worried about doing that with aftermarket parts other than TRD, I plan on taking mine in pretty soon to have it looked at. I'll post what happens.

Heh. I was going to wait until my next oil change, but the noise is getting irritating.

 

No, this is all suspension stuff.
The dealership wont' do squat unless I pay them.
What I'm gonna open it up and make sure everythings tight.
But it's just odd that all the sounds are coming fromt eh end that took the damage, and the repair shop is like, "Oh, that's cause of your springs, not the wreck"

I just want to know:
Does anyone with Hothckis springs, sways, or both have any noticable creaking up front?

 

I have Hotchkis Springs, I never had any problems with creaking, unless I just wash my car but I think that's normal for all cars?

 

I have creaking when its cold outside from the front and the rear, it started after I lowered it w/Eibach Prokits and Hotchkis front and rear sways.

I know it's typical for lowered cars espcially with polyurathane bushings but I would check everything to see if its all tight just to be sure!

 

Yeah, I tightened the top bolts down real good again. It's gotta be coming from somewhere else.
The only reason why I'm concerned is because it's ONLY coming from the front driver side, and that's where the damage was.
I'm gonna call the shop back and tell them to look at it.
Maybe I'll try swapping them from left to right first.

 

imalso getting creaking noises from the mid section of my car on the eibach prokit and this weird clicking noise on the back right corner of my car

 

Took it back to the repair shop and they said my shock is blown so the spring was loose and creaking.
Then they said it blew cause the lowered springs and they werent gonna fix it.
I said I only had them on a week, lots of other guys have them on fine, and it's ironic that the only one that blew was the one on the side the accident was on.
They then proceded to try to rumove the shock, and busted off the top bolt!
So they had to pay for my rental car, and they ended up paying to replace the blown shock as well, cause I was giving them crap!
New shock, not creaking. I think it even't out the sides as well.
Those of you with uneven sides might want to check if you shocks are blown or not. I'm not exactly sure how to check, but I think you should be able to see leaking brown fluid from it.