drewster Posted December 5, 2006 Share Posted December 5, 2006 Having a slight clunking noise from the front end right before car comes to a stop, need a recommendation as to who to go to. What shops would you recommend that is closest to SF? I have an OBXT w/coilovers so I doubt that any dealers will be at all helpful with this problem. Suggestions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rosta Posted December 5, 2006 Share Posted December 5, 2006 drewster- Are you back in the bay area? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JuxtaGT Posted December 5, 2006 Share Posted December 5, 2006 I'd talk to LIC motorsports if you are in SF, they are in Novato http://www.licmotorsports.com/main.htm What coilovers are you running? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drewster Posted December 6, 2006 Author Share Posted December 6, 2006 drewster- Are you back in the bay area? yep, been back a couple months now. I'd talk to LIC motorsports if you are in SF, they are in Novato http://www.licmotorsports.com/main.htm What coilovers are you running? GPMoto (designed for the LGT). I would go up to Novato but it means spending a day up there. It would be nicer to be able to drop it off somewhere closer, what about this Method 4 place, will they do suspension work? or just engine tuning? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JuxtaGT Posted December 6, 2006 Share Posted December 6, 2006 Method will be a full service place, but you will likely have to wait until next month to get in there. They will be worth waiting for. I plan on heading in there for my pro-tune next month. East Bay has a few options, but feel they are eqaully far away from SF. Gruppe-S does some install and service work. I'm blanking on one other place in the east bay. AutoHQ comes up on i-Club: http://www.autoheadquarter.com/index.html They are in redwood city. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
team23jordan Posted December 8, 2006 Share Posted December 8, 2006 you won't have this kinda problem up in WA drew Perrin BIG maf intake Perrin Turbo Inlet HKS SSQV BOV Megan Racing header with UP (ceramic coated) HKS DP (WRX) DMH E-cutout Custom 3" catback UTEC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CreoSTi Posted December 8, 2006 Share Posted December 8, 2006 Gruppe-S does some install and service work. It's my understanding that GRuppe-S is no longer doing installations/service work. I don't know if that was temporary or not (since they heavily reorganized)... -Mike- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JuxtaGT Posted December 8, 2006 Share Posted December 8, 2006 ^Huh, just talked to 16psibrick and he is having them swap out his turbo for the TDC VF40 18g. Maybe they are only doing performance/engine mods? Call them I suppose. Still think LIC is worth the drive though. Go wine tasting or something..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CreoSTi Posted December 8, 2006 Share Posted December 8, 2006 ^Huh, just talked to 16psibrick and he is having them swap out his turbo for the TDC VF40 18g. Maybe they are only doing performance/engine mods? Call them I suppose. Still think LIC is worth the drive though. Go wine tasting or something..... That was just info. I had from a month or two back. I know that they did (I guess temporarily) halt installs at the shop. Mike's (the ex-tuner at GRuppe-S) shop is supposed to open on Dec. 11th, and they should be doing installs/service as well; http://www.i-club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=151855 +1 for LIC. Adam and Kevin have installed a lot of parts on the LGT that I didn't want to... -Mike- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drewster Posted December 8, 2006 Author Share Posted December 8, 2006 thanks for the suggestions. If I can't wait before Method opens here I'll give LIC a shot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pleiad7 Posted December 11, 2006 Share Posted December 11, 2006 +1 for LIC... they're not heavily booked this month, so this is the time to get in quickly! According to Adam, they'll be busier than hell again in January. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sirfrankwilliams Posted December 20, 2006 Share Posted December 20, 2006 +2 for Adam & Kevin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drewster Posted December 20, 2006 Author Share Posted December 20, 2006 +3 for me. The noise went away so I'll pretend for now that nothings wrong with the car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JuxtaGT Posted December 20, 2006 Share Posted December 20, 2006 Based on what I'm reading the "clunk" from the front end with coilovers and sways is steering rack related. Anyone know how to reinforce the steering rack? Bushing kit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yummer Posted December 21, 2006 Share Posted December 21, 2006 Someone on this forum mentioned that Custom Alignment in Mountain View did good work: http://www.customalignment.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JuxtaGT Posted December 21, 2006 Share Posted December 21, 2006 ^ I've plugged for them before, they are two blocks from my work. I'm a little frustrated with them at the moment. They do great work, but the sales guy Dave has some work to do in the customer service department. They want cars in by at least 9, and won't tell you when it's going to be done during the day. "We'll call you" turns into calling them at 4:30 to find out it was done at 1:30, sigh. For a race car this is no big deal. For your daily driver this is kinda annoying. Kinda pricey too, I wouldn't want them doing diagnostic work at that hourly rate. Again, they do some of the best work though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drewster Posted December 24, 2006 Author Share Posted December 24, 2006 Looks like I may have to take my car in after all, I lost the clunk when braking but now I get a clunk on hard right turns. See this post and see what you think. http://www.legacygt.com/forums/showthread.php?p=918860#post918860 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drewster Posted January 23, 2007 Author Share Posted January 23, 2007 finally did the drive to LIC MOTORSPORTS. problem solved. (but i think they need someone from seattle to teach them how to make good strong coffee ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JuxtaGT Posted January 24, 2007 Share Posted January 24, 2007 What was the issue? Have clunks myself, but I'm thinking it's the steering rack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drewster Posted January 24, 2007 Author Share Posted January 24, 2007 one of the coilover collars had worked itself loose and was responsible for the clunk. Glad it wasn't a major problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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