Guest Posted June 27, 2008 Share Posted June 27, 2008 yes and you have to rebuild coilovers every 1-2 years or every 20k miles? and go through a super complicated alignment process each time? Another myth AFAIK. Yeah, if you want to keep in them in perfect shape then yes. But same applies to regualr shocks. Not like they don't wear. It's kinda funny that people view coilovers as something high-tech. Yeah they can be high-tech if they are adjustable (especially if they are two-way adjustable, i.e compression, not just rebound), but essentially what coilovers are... is shock & spring package. In fact the name is misnomer... regular strut with spring (coil) over it... is actually also coilover Just bulkier and the spring perch is fixed. Basically there are race/track oriented coilovers and there are street oriented coilovers, and all in between. IMHO coilovers like Bilstein PSS do way better on street and track comapred to strut/spring combo. I did not expect it to be the case, so it was kinda surprise to me as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
08leggy Posted June 29, 2008 Share Posted June 29, 2008 I just had my stock springs put back in and when I hit bumps my front spring will make a clicking noise. I'm wondering if this due to the metal to metal contact that the spring has with the bottom of the strut. Is this just poor design? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hutru01 Posted July 10, 2008 Author Share Posted July 10, 2008 Update: I am still trying to diagnose the problem. I took some pictures of the bottom of the struts because I want to make sure everything looks right before I go taking things apart. Will the suspension guru's tell let me know if anything looks to be wrong? I would really appreciate it. http://www.legacygt.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=54875&stc=1&d=1215713644 http://www.legacygt.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=54876&stc=1&d=1215713644 http://www.legacygt.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=54877&stc=1&d=1215713644 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hutru01 Posted September 22, 2008 Author Share Posted September 22, 2008 I figured out today what is making all the noise underneath my car. The friggin reinforcement mount is broke in half....and guess what kinda RSB and mounts that I have?????? You guessed it..... http://www.perrinperformance.com/shared/images/products/270/176_medium.jpg Perrin.... Shocker. I need to assess whether the stock endlinks are the cause and if so, I need to replace with kartboy links or something.....Perrin SUCKS!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hutru01 Posted September 23, 2008 Author Share Posted September 23, 2008 Unfortunately I had to take my Perrin swaybar out tonight because not only did the reinforcement bracket break, the bottom part where the bushing bracket mounts up snapped. I am kinda screwed until I can replace that piece where the bracket/bushing mounts up. Can anyone tell me what part that is. It looks like its connected to a large piece. I looked on subaruparts.com but couldn't really tell which piece needs to be replaced. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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