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tazmania
04-25-2003, 11:08 AM
recently I installed Kyb Agx set along with the eibach prokit, and the Sustech antirollbar!! Apparently, when I steer my car, I hear and feel the rattle in the front struts!! I talked to my mechanic and he said that I may need the diferent front strut mount kit!! Does any one have suggestion on this part!! Does the Oem mount causing the noise!! I saw the Kyb AGX mount fitted firmly, but the top mount may be too week to hold the springs together?? What should I buy!! Do I need to buy the coil over kit? to kill the rattle

hookedup240
04-25-2003, 11:57 AM
are you saying the actual strut rattles? I have agx's as well as many others on this site and i don't think anyone else has had these type of problems.
btw- year? model?

andrave
04-25-2003, 01:06 PM
you sure its not just the extra coils on the springs rattling?
pdm-racing.com sells spring wrap for like 7 bucks if that is the case.

THX1138
04-25-2003, 06:06 PM
Make sure the nut on the top end of the shock shaft is tight enough.

Mine developed a rattle/thunk in the right front. I checked everything on the bottom end of the strut and all the suspension pieces but couldn't track it down. I thought it was the coils knocking together (but couldn't figure why only on one corner) until I was softening the struts after an autocross and noticed the top nut was finger-spinning loose. Ack! Checked the FSM, torqued that puppy down to 52 lb/ft (arf arf!), and now it's all better.