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Here's the low down no my trip to the mechanic. The mechanic told me that he indexed my struts correctly the first time. This is a known fact and he is very aware of that. I had him installed the coil wrap on the spring (per Hyper drv) and the noise has gotten a better, but I still hear it. Now I am pretty much back to square one. Any other suggestions?
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Here's the low down no my trip to the mechanic. The mechanic told me that he indexed my struts correctly the first time. This is a known fact and he is very aware of that. I had him installed the coil wrap on the spring (per Hyper drv) and the noise has gotten a better, but I still hear it. Now I am pretty much back to square one. Any other suggestions?
Did they put the coil wrap around the dead coils? Just making sure, because it does no good to put it around the rest of the spring. Other than that, I have no idea what could be causing the noise. Sorry man.
So wait.. after he installed the coil wrap didnt he hear the knocking noise? He should of, and then put it back up on the rack to at least try to figure out WTF is up. I'd call him up and say that its still making the noise and you would like to know where its coming from. Also mention that it never made this noise before the install.
The weird thing is after he installed the coil wrap, the noise was not there. I drive around the shop and it was quite. A day after, as I was pulling out of my drive way, I noticed the noise again. The more I drive my car, the worst the noise gets. I am soooo lost with this.... This is the third time that he has worked on my springs. We both dont know what else to do. He said that he could reinstall the old stock springs on. arghhhhh!!
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I had the same problem when i first put in my springs and it turned out that the nut on top of the strut was overtightened.....opps got a little impact happy....o well i believe that the proper torque is only like 17ft/lbs it got rid of my noise
well i had the same problem but i learned it was my own fault i put the spring in backwards and not quite exactly where it should be for those of you with after market springs take your wheel off put the car upp on a jack and have someone turn the wheel and take a look
The weird thing is after he installed the coil wrap, the noise was not there. I drive around the shop and it was quite. A day after, as I was pulling out of my drive way, I noticed the noise again. The more I drive my car, the worst the noise gets. I am soooo lost with this.... This is the third time that he has worked on my springs. We both dont know what else to do. He said that he could reinstall the old stock springs on. arghhhhh!!
I have the same problem on my car it is lowered on sportlines. I have noticed that when i jack up my car or change to stock tires the noise goes away for like half a day, then it come back. That might explain why you didnt hear the noise right away.
its not the aftermarket springs. I had the problem with clicking and clanking on a completly stock civic. I took it under warrenty and had the whole front axels replaced
The weird thing is after he installed the coil wrap, the noise was not there. I drive around the shop and it was quite. A day after, as I was pulling out of my drive way, I noticed the noise again. The more I drive my car, the worst the noise gets. I am soooo lost with this.... This is the third time that he has worked on my springs. We both dont know what else to do. He said that he could reinstall the old stock springs on. arghhhhh!! 
