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Lower goes crunch?

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#1 ·
Well, Bigfonsz and I just spend a couple hours putting in my H&R 1.5s and Eibach Dampners. Couple of small snags along the way (like removing a bolt that we should have). Well, its back together, and looking nice (I gotta finish up the rear dampner another time, the garage closed), but...When driving, I has hearing a crunch/scrunch/squeek like noise when going over small bumps and such. Think this is becuase of the suspension settling in, or maybe we missed something? Or is it becuase its stiffer than stock...

Just looking for ideas, or if it was normal. Next, alignment.

BTW - Thanks to all that helped so far.
 
Discussion starter · #3 ·
I took some pictures as I went, and I'll post those in a couple weeks (on a new roll, thats why).

The fronts, which are complete, dropped I think from a 4" gap to a 2" gap. The rears, which just have the springs right now, dropped I think from a 3" to a 2.25" gap. The dampners sure clean that up a little more.

Installing wasn't so bad, its about a 2-2.5 hour job total, assuming no mistakes are made. The fronts were kinda tight to free up, and the rear struts are going to be hard to finish, as I have to remove interior parts. If you have access to a lift, a spring compressor, and a friend, its not a bad job.

Was about 200 for the springs, and 315 for the dampners form NewEdge.
 
Discussion starter · #15 ·
<blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Bigfonsz:
This is what I think... We might have put the rear sway-bar on to tight... and that might be why it's making the noise...

If you want we can go over the install again sometime soon and take somemore time to look things over better... ( we where being rush )

the car looks better and with time it will handle better... Later
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Thanks for the install help again.

At lunch, I'm going to go put in the rear dampners, and while I'm down there, I'll try loosening the sway bar bushings. I'll also see if I can squeeze my fingers in and try to trim the front bump stops without removing the front parts.

Any other ideas I should look for?