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nicks240sxs13
09-25-2011, 02:13 PM
yo zilvia, ive had this problem for awhile and ive ignored it for awhile but its starting to straight piss me of and probably getting a little unsafe..

i believe it started when i droped my car with some tien type hr coilovers.
when i dropped it the wheels rubbed the front coilvs so i threw on some 5mm or so spacers and got some nismo 60mm studs. and now when i brake the whole front D side wheel assembly moves back and pops loud right before i come to a complete stop.

i called enjuku and andrew(very smart dude) believes that it could be my tension rod or front lower control arm bushing or ball joint. ive replaced my tension rod with an oem one (brand fucking new) when i first bought the car because it had the same kinda problem before and it worked. but my Front lower control arm bushings and ball joint bushing looks like horrible.. but my tension rods look s bit twisted now that the car is lower..
when raised up the front end and push the front of my hup in and pull the back part out, kinda shanking it side to side like, the tie rod comes outta my rank n pinion a little. it moves about a 1/4 of an inch or so...
today i just did my z32 front brake upgrade and hand drilled the holes and a couple of them are slightly bigger than the stock holes cause the holes were not drilled perfect i guess?.. i dont think that could be a huge issue but my passenger side has a light tiny pop now.

my front suspension is fucking horrible.. its also been wreck before i got it..

what do you guys think it could be thats causing my front driver side wheel to move froward and back and pop like its doing??

thanks alot!
oh yeah its a 91 s13 hatch

nicks240sxs13
09-25-2011, 04:43 PM
popping is way worse now, squcky on D side brakes, i dont fucking now.. bump bump bump.. i got to go to college sometime tomarrow and work. sooner the better

nicks240sxs13
09-26-2011, 05:28 PM
bump.............

KiLLeR2001
09-26-2011, 05:44 PM
Remove the Rice Krispies from your suspension...

Honestly, you need to get adjustable tension rods. Get brand new front lower control arms with ball joints pressed in. Replace front sway bar bushings as I'm sure they are toast.

I did all these things and all my weird front suspension noises went away.