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sarahjane12
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Hi guys, hopefully someone can help me!
My car is an 06 Corsa SXI+ and as I was considering lowering it when a friend of mine offered me his lowering springs (60mm apparently) and has fitted them free for me too. Now believe it or not he IS a mechanic but as soon as I turned the steering the springs were making really loud clunking noises. We didn't have enough time to fix the problem as he had to go away! It's ok in a straight line when I drive it but any steering and the clunking is back. I'm guessing that's because I've gone so low that the springs are just too short for the shocks - is this correct? (also I briefly had it on a ramp and you could literally move the springs freely :S:S:S) I need to know people's opinions before I make assumptions and just buy new shocks to go with.
If I buy new shocks will this stop the noise and remove any risk of damaging any other parts of my car? And if so, how do I know which shocks to buy???
I am totally aware that I'm going to have a lot of 'tut tut's' here but there we go at least I'm looking into solving the problem! lol...
***IDIOT FORM FOR ME PLEASE*** haha, thank you! xxx
My car is an 06 Corsa SXI+ and as I was considering lowering it when a friend of mine offered me his lowering springs (60mm apparently) and has fitted them free for me too. Now believe it or not he IS a mechanic but as soon as I turned the steering the springs were making really loud clunking noises. We didn't have enough time to fix the problem as he had to go away! It's ok in a straight line when I drive it but any steering and the clunking is back. I'm guessing that's because I've gone so low that the springs are just too short for the shocks - is this correct? (also I briefly had it on a ramp and you could literally move the springs freely :S:S:S) I need to know people's opinions before I make assumptions and just buy new shocks to go with.
If I buy new shocks will this stop the noise and remove any risk of damaging any other parts of my car? And if so, how do I know which shocks to buy???
I am totally aware that I'm going to have a lot of 'tut tut's' here but there we go at least I'm looking into solving the problem! lol...
***IDIOT FORM FOR ME PLEASE*** haha, thank you! xxx