issues with coil overs? Options

[Newb]

hey, this is actually for my gfs car. She has a 94 canadian gts, we recently lowered it on kyb gr2s, and ebay coil overs, yea I know, didn't wana shell out big bucks at the time and wanted the adjustablity of coil overs, if it could be done again I would just bought a nice set of d2s or something. Anyways the issue with the car is it is making weird sounds that I don't know where they are comming from...I work on nissans all day and they are set up different. Sounds like a dinging sound comming from the suspension. Mostly when your driving slow and you cut the wheel sharply. I'm guessing this is a fairly common issue, is there anyway to fix it? I've tried raising the car on the coil over, and making sure everything is tight on several occasions, but if anything its gotten worse. Also is it bad for anything?

thanks guys.

[95CelicaST]

From the research I have done before I shelled out the money for GR-2's and ground controls I heard that when you turn the wheel you will get popping and pinging - and also because I was worried about this same thing, I asked my mechanic, who has coilovers on his AE86, and he said that the noise when turning and such is normal.

[Newb]

From the research I have done before I shelled out the money for GR-2's and ground controls I heard that when you turn the wheel you will get popping and pinging - and also because I was worried about this same thing, I asked my mechanic, who has coilovers on his AE86, and he said that the noise when turning and such is normal.

so you have ground control coil overs now or springs now? do you have this issue as well?

[95CelicaST]

I have ground control coilovers. What happens on my celi is that when I turn the wheel at low speeds it sometimes gives me a sort of pop/pinging noise. Its not my CV joints, which was my initial thought, but just the coilover spring shifting on the perch.

[Shocker]

I had the same problem on my ground controls,i just greased them up with some auto grease and now i dont hear a thing.

This post has been edited by Shocker: May 22, 2007 - 12:14 PM

[95CelicaST]

I had the same problem on my ground controls,i just greased them up with some auto grease and now i dont hear a thing.

Option two.

[Newb]

I had the same problem on my ground controls,i just greased them up with some auto grease and now i dont hear a thing.

Option two.

what part did you grease? and what kinda grease?

This post has been edited by Newb: May 22, 2007 - 3:35 PM

[95CelicaST]

The hat on top of the spring that sits in the strut mount. Lube up the strut mount and the tophat.

This post has been edited by 95CelicaST: May 22, 2007 - 4:00 PM

[Newb]

The hat on top of the spring that sits in the strut mount. Lube up the strut mount and the tophat.

done that did help alot but now i think it needs a wheel bearing, please refer to new post for help