dalaw

I installed a Neuspeed strut bar in my 03 LX and afterwards there is a noticeable moaning sound at light throttle take-off. I believe the bar is touching the hood somewhere. Any of you guys have this problem? Any suggestion on how i can fix this noise?

gearbox

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its actually vibrating the big a/c hose that is very near or touching the bar on the right side.

Kevbotron

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you're going to have to change your title pretty soon dalaw

dalaw

hmm, i just checked and saw the a/c hose is close but not really touching the bar. i'll try to insulate them and see if that fixes the problem. Thanks!

speedricerx

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yea the bar should not be touching the hood at all

LT2004ever

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did u buy a unnoticeably bent bar?

dalaw

well i was suspecting the bar is touching the hood at the upper left corner, so i wrapped a band-aid around that area lol, you guys can see in the pic. Well i bought the bar new, so it cant be bent in the first place.

rjngo

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if it's hitting your hood then it would leave some black marks because you have a white hood, by judging on your pic - i don't see any marks at all...you sure its your hood? might be something else no?

speedricerx

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bandaid ftw!

manahoonie

MY CAR'S TWIN!!! haha! (well, minus that aftermarket alarm)

dalaw

^ i was gonna say minus the foglight wiring that i have but nm, just found out you got oem foglights too haha.

Mr_Plenty

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havent seen a stock...clean...7thgen engine in some time...

dalaw

thanks, my dealer steamed cleaned the engine compartment when i did the 60k mile service. Pretty good for a $250 total bill. My engine has no more ticking sound at idle now after doing the service.

dalaw

So I was looking into what gearbox said about the a/c hose being close to the bar. My dad helped me tie a rubber pad between the bar and the hose to isolate the two parts and guess what, it fixed the moaning noise! My car is so smooth again now! It had been bugging me for months. Thanks gearbox! mad props to you man!

gearbox

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glad you fixed it and wow thats a clean garage lol

tuningmycivic

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looks just like garage, except with less crap in it....

i prolly would have zip-tied those two hoses out of the way or to something to stop the vibration. that looks kinda ghetto with that big piece of rubber on there....

gearbox

iTrader: (95)

ya just ziptie to that bottom hose. or get some adhesive back foam and wrap it around the bar once. and change your user title since youre not bone stock anymore

dalaw

hmm, cant find the place to change user title

manahoonie

is that a rubber hose that you wrapped around the bar and tied with some wire?

2005EM2

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props to you and Gearbox...
thanks!

I was also having that issue

Kevbotron

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it's in VBplaza.. under user options I think??

Curiouz_G

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i see blue shocks.

alex.w *//

where do you get the neuspeed k bar?

also is there any gains in having it? cornerning?

dalaw

yep, tokico blues with oem springs

dalaw

i think i got it from robearracing but i dont remember for certain.

Normal driving i cant really feel any difference, but it seems to stiffen the front up a bit if i take a corner really fast. Maybe it will make more difference with performance springs which i dont have.

sil04ver

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I have the same problem sometimes, Im gona try putting something between the bar and hose too.

slowwhitecivic

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that is one clean *** garage though lol...wish mine look like that..it would a great place to put my car in lol...my car is making an anoying vibrating sound too but cant figure wuts doing it..and it only does it when it hits 2500 rpm...Help lol

dalaw

Thanks for the garage compliments. My parents and I epoxy diy the entire garage floor 6 months ago for about $100 in so it looks really nice now. We cleaned out all the trash and spider webs in the process too.