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Old 09-22-11, 11:08 AM
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Default BC Racing Coils problem

Hey guys, on my front passenger side coil, i hear this soft grinding sound, sounds like something is loose or something is rubbing against it. I was wondering if anyone else had this problem? I had these coils for only 3000 miles and had them professionally installed. Did my coils blow?
Old 09-22-11, 11:46 AM
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is the sound coming when you are driving? Were you driving straight or turning? Sounds like rubbing to me.
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^Exactly, we need more details to internet-diagnois your noise issue.
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yes while i am driving and it also applies to when i drive straight and turn either way. im not rubbing cause i had this set up for a few months, its whenever i hit a bump, its only on the passenger side though not on the driver side.
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can you jack the car up and take a look to see if something is loose?
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I read a lot in CL about BC making noise.

What are other people opinions about the noise? Is it normal for Coilover to make some noise?
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Originally Posted by CarbonDtls
can you jack the car up and take a look to see if something is loose?
i will jack it up and see and update. I just wanted to see if anyone else experienced similar noises.
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SCWB,

I never had ANY noise with my coils on my awd. I honestly dont know whats going on. I am going to take carbondtls's advice and jack it up.
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I know the noise you are talking about. I have the same problem, but no solution. I removed the coil from the car and compressed the shock body/cartilage to see if the shocks were bad. And they are still good. Reinstalled everything, and torqued to spec, but still have the noise. but I'm not worry.
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did u get it after a few thousand miles?
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Make sure the collar rings are TIGHT.
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I installed my BC coilovers beginning of this year and after 10k miles, they are as quiet as can be. Double check everything to make sure nothing is loose.
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How do you like them MrBBQ? Best decision of your life?


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