i did a spring and strut swap with a guy. his springs had about 30k miles on them and i was wondering if i still need to get an alignment because the springs were settled on his car first and then transfered to mine.

 

lol yes

 

haha ok
i figured
just makin sure incase i didnt need to spend extra money if its not necessary

 

Well you don't get an alignment because the springs settle, you get it because they lower the car and it messes up the suspension geometry and can cause excessive wear. I would do it just to be safe.

 

yeah it felt like there was rattling at the front left and right strut areas especially at lower speed going over speed bumps and dips.

so my car is at the dealership for an oil change and alignment so hopefully that will clear things up

thanks for the help buddy

-kevin

 

if theres rattling, check all the bolts. thats usually not an alignment issue. but rest assured after your alignment, your tires will not wear out super quick.

 

sorry i shouldnt have said rattling
its more like a "clunk clunk" sound when i go over speed bumps and dips

and i re-tightened the strut bolts yesterday

 

welp i just got my tc back from the alignment and it didnt fix anything with the clunking sound in the front 2 struts

ill pay someone $50 to fix this problem haha

 

How did they fix it??? Cause that sounds like your srtuts are bad in the front

 

they didnt fix it
i dont think the stuts are bad cause this just started happening

 

are you going over the bumps fast,you know you cannot just rool over speed bumps when lowered,you will hit the bump stops and make a klunk sound.....that could be waht you are hearing,my tC makes a boingggg noise if I go too fast over a speed bump.

 

no i go over bumps and dips cautiously

im taking it in tomorrow for them to run a diagnosis

 

mine does the same thing from the back. I believe it's a rubber part not sitting right above the spring. I can see it, but it's such a PITA to get it out to fix it. I gotta get aligned soon, it's been over two weeks since i got lowered

 

just took it in

the final verdict was that the sway bar was crooked up and hitting underneath the car

runs fine now

 

hmmm i hope that's what mine is!

 

yeah it was only a 100 to fix it
much cheaper than replacing the struts