New Coilovers What Now??, I got ?'s Options

[j0ch0a94ST]

Hey guys I just installed a pair of Tom's Motorsport coilovers on the front of my 94 ST Hatch. I have 17x7's on the front wrapped with 215-45-r17 rubber. I noticed that when I make hard turns that I get a single popping noise most noticeable in the driverside front. I believe that the top of the tire is hitting the bottom of the shock assembly. ? is how detrimental is this and what is the best course of action. I know solutions could be wheel spacers () or adjustment but I won't be able to adjust them until this weekend due to my restrictions at my townhome residence(not really supposed to work on the vehicles in the parking lot) I'll be able to work on it at a different location this weekend but wanted to see just HOW UNSAFE my situation really is. Thanks for the input guys!

This post has been edited by j0ch0a94ST: Dec 2, 2009 - 10:47 AM

[yarik83]

In my experience popping noise came from interaction of kyb shocks and struts and the coilovers. Front kybs come with a little circular lip that was wider than opening of the threaded cylinder of coilovers. I took my car to my mechanic and he grinded it down so it sat in place but I still had popping sounds. I fixed that problem by getting rid of the metal hat that you see in the above picture and used stock one. Your popping sound comes from the fact that your spring is rotating with the wheel. It is probably stuck on your strut or rubs up against it just enough to grab on to your entire coilover threaded thing so it spins that, your spring and as it jumps it makes that pop pop pop pop. Take off your front wheels and see if that is the case. Grind that lip thing down and make sure that your shock does not rub up against the threaded coilover cylinder. Remove the top hat AND make sure that all your bolts (under hood top of strut) are bolted shut. That alone may be causing your thing to move about freely. Many shops forget to re-torgue your top strut bolts after setting the car down...