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i just got my coilovers installed and i think something is wrong...

everytime my rear tires hit a pot hole they make the most scraiest noise ever. The thing i dont understand is that my front tires dont make anynoise but the rear ones do.

can you please help my out

 
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Your rear tires may be scraping the fender.

Describe the sound?

 
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Do you get the sound if you press down on the rear of the car?

Either way, why not just bring it back to where you got it installed and let them check it out?! Also drive (slowly) around in circles in a parking lot, and look for metal shavings.... Looks like something is scraping no matter what you say ...

 
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The sound is like a BIG BANG when i hit a pot hole or any small little bump in the road,
when the front tires hit theres no problem, but the when the rear tires hit there is a loud noise


and yes it does make the noise when i press hard on the rear

 
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what kinda drop?? sounds like you're bottoming out..

 
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there is about 1.5 inches of space left between the rear tires and the tire well

what does bottoming out mean?

 
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You could be bottoming out or maybe the coils aren't seated properly.

If you hit a bump and force the strut to compress fully you'll hear it hit the top of the cap and that noise is a little scary to be sure.

If your coils aren't seated right you'll hear a pop when you turn or even when you apply pressure to them.

Don't forget that now your struts have less travel and give. So they can't fully absorb an impact like they could before you lowered it.

 
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so if i buy new shocks will the sound stop??

and is it normal for me to hear creaks when im turning my streeing wheel...and my rear sound really creaky too

 
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i asked a friend of mine to watch my rear when i hit a bump.

and the thing is that my tires dont move (go under the wheel well) and the noise is horrible in the car does this mean that i need new shocks?

 
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if its just the sleeve kit then its normal to hear those sounds...

 
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sounds like you are bottoming out or the coils aren't sitting where they should... go and get it checked. my wheels are tucked a couple inches in the rear and I don't here sounds like that, mine don't creak either but I know some peoples' that do and they just spray a can of wd40 every 6 months to make it stop....

 
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draven...
haven't seen you in awhile...

we got kicked out of our smoking spot at work.. lol...
dang it!

 
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what does "bottoming out" mean??

and how do i know if the coils arent sitting where they should be??

 
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bottoming out..

means either the shocks are reaching full compression, to the point that the shock is now more like a steel bar than a shock..or that the shock is compressing so much that the tire is reaching the inner fender and making contact with it..

like what Pharoh said above..

the 1.5" you speak of..is that from top of tire UP to bottom of fender or outer top edge of tire to fenderwell??
if that's from top of tire UP to bottom of fender, you got some major **** up going on...

 
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that sucks bro... so where do you have to go to have a smoke now..? haven't seen you guys up front anymore... noticed that you still have your executive parking spot though so s'all good...

been busy with school and work... hardly have any time for anything anymore but I'll pop in from time to time...

 
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haha.. the parking lot became the new smoking area... lol
basically just wanted to say wassup to ya....

 
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DragonAce: the 1.5" is the top of tire UP to bottom of fender.

so i geuss my car is fuked?

 
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might need to swap out the shocks to fix the problem...

what kind of coilovers are they..?

EDIT: lol... nice spot today flippedout... any closer and you'd be in the front lobby...

 
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there tom motorsport coil overs

 
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shyt. that's barely dropped at all...sounds like something is definitely wrong/installed wrong..
stock is only around the 2" mark, so you're only dropped about 1/2"...
got a link to those coilovers??
did you install them yourself?? do they take the rubber o-rings that go around the original shock??

that's just fookin weird!!! something is definitely amiss i have 0" space and nothing along the lines of what you explain has ever happened to me...

 
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those aren't the most reliable coilovers in the world... BUT they still shouldn't be doing that, there is something definitely wrong... best thing to do would be to pull the wheels off and take a look...

 
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I sent the car to the shop and they fixed it...

i dont know what the problem was but the car doesnt make the noise anymore and the ride is really smooth now

thnx alot for the help guys