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Old Aug 5, 2005 | 10:27 AM
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My Esc Cos has seemed to of developed a proper pain in the backside problem! When driving there is a knocking noise over any bumps on both sides of the car @ the front (Worse on the drivers side). It appears the drivers side suspension has dropped lower than the passenger side??

Also, when turning left @ around 70mph+ and you give it some throttle the whole car shakes to shyte? and when braking the car also shakes... Anyone got any ideas what could be causing this?

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Bilstein Coilovers

The problem just seems to keep getting worse and worse! We've raised the suspension on the adjustable cups which more or less cured it for a month and we've tightened everything underneath up. I haven't got anytime to investigate it myself at present, so if anyone kows anyone decent/hopefully local to me then it would be appreciated!

Cheers for any help...
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Old Aug 6, 2005 | 12:46 AM
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Could be worth checking out the bushes on either the suspension tops or the actual bearings inside the coilovers.

Checked for any play in the TCA rose joints yet ?

They are the 2 I would start with first
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Old Aug 7, 2005 | 11:18 AM
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Ive got a sneaky suspision (Sp??) its something on the coilovers, as in shocks or springs! She's now booked into SCC this week for checking out as I aint really got the time atm to rip the car to bits and find out Hopefully they will find the problem and sort it or I can take it back home if parts are not available on the day and sort it myself Will post results after she's been check out

Cheers for the info Nuts
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Old Aug 7, 2005 | 11:23 AM
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steve if ya get no luck there they pm brom and book it into him for a look, hes a fair travel away for you but its worth it
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Old Aug 7, 2005 | 11:30 AM
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Cheers BBal, Ive was thinking of Zoo, but need me Cos setup and the lifters changed too, so gonna get it all done on the same day hopefully. 4 of my cam caps have started to thread, so SCC's gonna helicoil them and sort the lifters. Would prefer it all done before setting up so I dont knock the timing out at all! It would of taken me till Friday atleast to sort the cam caps as I dont have the helicoil tools and my engineering company normally take a week to come out! So it makes sense to get it all checked out on the same day

Once its all sorted I will need the cambers, etc setup so she may go to Zoo or similier anyway
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Old Aug 7, 2005 | 11:33 AM
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cool, steve is good at the techy stuff so ya will be in good hands there
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Old Aug 8, 2005 | 11:34 AM
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deff update this, once you get your car back from zoo and they have checked it over. Have the the same problem i think. I get a klonking niose evertime i hit a bump, more on drivers side, sounds like the same thing. and a knock/creaking noise when i turn the wheel left....

So be good to hear back from you. My car is due to go into Groves soon to detect this, but may help if i can give them some indication...
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Old Aug 8, 2005 | 11:36 AM
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go for Zoo.....
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