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I have a set of Goldline springs installed into my 2001 Civic Coupe. And eer since they settled they are making very loud and annoying 'creaking' noises whenever the springs compress a significant amount of distance, like going up a small ramp into a parking lot or going over speed bumps (slowly). I also have Konig (sp?) struts on the rear of the car because my back ones went out. The shop that did this said that all suspensions make noise. Yet I had Sprint Springs before this for about 5 months and they never made a sound. I replaced these because the drop was too great and I wanted a body kit later without getting too close to the ground. Any info is appreciated.

 
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there should be arrows on the complete independent strut. If you take the piece out I would bet that the arrows (shown) aren't lined up like they SHOULD be. very common problem with people who claim to know what they are doing. Make sure the arrows are lined up and you should be okay.

 
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OMG, and all this time I thought that springs could not be installed incorrectly. I guess there is more than what I have been hearing to them. I would suspect that they were put on wrong since this is the same shop that stripped my tie rod end and caused me to lose my sterring a coupe weeks back.

 
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Yea, they screwed you on that tie-rod end.

It sounds like you have spring chatter and the noises aren't related to the top perches and their alignment. The top perch alignment affects the spring when turning the wheel, not up and down travel. When the suspension compresses the spring's coils are contacting and making the chattering noises.

Solution - put some thin rubber tubing around the coils to eliminate the metal to metal contact upon compression.

 
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ya 3rd civic wrote up a great DIY on solving this... stop ground control noise