So I put H-Techs on my car about 9xxx miles ago and just last night i hit a bump and heard a slapping noise and it now makes that noise everytime I hit a bump. It is the same noise that my camry had when it had about 140xxx miles on it. Did i botch the install? It does not ride any differently at all it is just the noise that worries me. Any help would be awesome!

 

Possibly your CV BOOT clamp came off, so the boots loose
and needs to be replaced

 

One possibility:

The top spring perches on the front struts fit over a keyed portion of the damper rod. If it's not seated right, the rod will wallow out the hole in the spring perch and become loose over time. You usually get a knocking sound once this happens.

 

I thought i lined everything up right when i was doing the install...i will check once it stops raining.

 

this is the problem.

 

fun...well i am still waiting for my lug nut key to get here (the stupid thing broke) then it will be fixen time. is it bad to drive the car right now?

 

Just re-tighten the upper center nut under the rubber cap on the top of the strut. Sometimes this nut doesn't get seated right and needs to be retightened shortly after doing a spring install. It happened to me once and it freaked me out but retightened it and took care of the noise.

 

I will give it a shot...but it has been 9,xxx miles since the install.

 

Man i love this place!!!! thanks ^^^^^^^^^^^ just one bolt that worked lose and all that noise is gone.

 

You'll want to keep an eye on things, because it could still be the top perch that was mentioned above. The top nut can loosen over time has the perch wears if it was not seated properly on the damper rod.

 

No problem Bro! Stick with us and we won't steer ya wrong!

 

I had the same problem this week. I tightened the center strut bolt and problem solved. I want to either replace the nut with a nylon lock nut or add a second nut on top to act as a lock nut. Does anyone know the size and thread pitch of the nut? Yeah, I can take it off and go to the store but I'd rather not.

 

Adding the second nut did it for me. Don't have the size tho cause I already had em from a different strut job I did.