saihaynes Posted June 9, 2013 Share Posted June 9, 2013 hi all, after a bit of advice, i upgraded from a set of 17s to 18s which I fitted yesterday. It is important to point out that prior to fitting the 18s i had no issues. After fitting I took the car for a gentle drive and noticed a clunking sound from the rear anytime i hit any bit of uneven road. I returned the car home and noticed that the car seemed uneven in its ride height eg; gap between wheel arch and tyre was different if that makes sense ive jacked it up again today and had all wheels off as someone suggested it might be a spring not seated right (car is lowered on springs and stock shocks), cant see anything obviously out of place but the issue still persists....anybody have any further ideas to what i can do/check thanks in advance sai Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peteman35 Posted June 9, 2013 Share Posted June 9, 2013 Well the clunking is probably drop links. For the uneven ride height do you mean the car doesn't sit straight or the wheels are further up into the arch? Check all the tyre profiles are the same. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saihaynes Posted June 9, 2013 Author Share Posted June 9, 2013 droplinks where done not too long ago and had no issues prior to change all tyres are correct profiles front 225/45/18 rear 245/45/18 can only assume ive missed something with the seating of springs being disturbed from jacking up? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JetSet Posted June 9, 2013 Share Posted June 9, 2013 Which jacking point did you use ? Pete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M13KYF Posted June 10, 2013 Share Posted June 10, 2013 can you swap the wheels back to see if you still get the clunking noise Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser Posted June 10, 2013 Share Posted June 10, 2013 Maybe a bad banana arm bush and the jacking up has moved it and exacerbated the problem??? Just Guessing here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saihaynes Posted June 11, 2013 Author Share Posted June 11, 2013 thanks for the replies guys, used the factory jacking points as ive done many a time before, had wheels on and off a few times today to try and troubleshoot the problem but to no avail, heading to the garage later this week....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrRoper Posted June 11, 2013 Share Posted June 11, 2013 (edited) could the spring be incorrectly seated in the spring bucket? I wonder if the spring has rotated which would seat it incorrectly, or even one of the rubbers is missing at either end of the spring? are the lowered springs short enough to be loose when jacked up? It could even be the spring causing the clunk Edited June 11, 2013 by MrRoper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saihaynes Posted June 12, 2013 Author Share Posted June 12, 2013 could the spring be incorrectly seated in the spring bucket? I wonder if the spring has rotated which would seat it incorrectly, or even one of the rubbers is missing at either end of the spring? are the lowered springs short enough to be loose when jacked up? It could even be the spring causing the clunk this seems the most likely as one of the rears is definitely slightly out of its seated position, i havent been able to get it re seated successfully but its booked in the garage for a few bits tomorrow so hopefully get it sorted cheers for the reply Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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