I have a 2003 Cavalier, and after I lowered it I have a noise in the car, I can't tell what it is, I notice it when I go over a rough road. It sound like a vibrating grinding noise, anyone have this problem or know what can fix it. I thought it might be the stock struts.
man, my car sounds like it's gonna fall apart at any moment. it vibrates so much it's insane.
i honestly don't know what it could be unless the mounts are bad or you're missing the spring insulator
When I lowered on my '03 mounts, I had a serious rattling, and a grinding. The grinding was due to the fact that I didn't get the top nut on the strut tight enough, and the rattle was the crappy front mounts. Now that I've changed to '95-'99 front mounts, the rattle is gone, and when I tightened the top nut with an impact gun, the grinding was gone too.
I may not know much about cars, but I know two things....
1) Breaking things is expensive, and
2) Horsepower isn't cheap.
hey, i have to change all my strut mounts aswell, they are making sqweaking and thumping noises, i have a 2002 cav, so are you saying 95-99s are better, cuz if thats the case im going with 95-99, please, please let me know, i dont wanna go through all this again lol, thanks.
oh and its a 2.2 ohv, im not sure if that makes a difference .
Yeah, I'd say, with about 8 months experience on '00+ mounts and 1 week on '95-'99 mounts, the earlier mounts are better. I've got no clunking in the front anymore, and the roads around here are full of frost heaves, so the '00+ mounts would clunk all the time. Just remember to get all 3 pieces. The upper mount, the bearing ring, and the upper spring seat.
I may not know much about cars, but I know two things....
1) Breaking things is expensive, and
2) Horsepower isn't cheap.
so would i have to use a 95-99 strut mounts from a 2.2 since mine is a 2.2 or does that not matter?
Ok, your car is lowered (Remember that word) and you are complaining about a grinding noise on bumpy roads?
Ever think somthing is scraping the ground? Suspension compression can do that.
1971 camaro 427 --- here!
Stock... and loving every minute of it.
