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Hi All,

Quick question about suspension... Everytime I go over bumps (even the slitest little road bumb) I get a loud klaaa gooong (knocking noise) from my front left wheel area...

Any susgestions of what this might be/ Need Replacing? or has anyone else had something along this line?

Cheers,

Any help is appreciated..

-JD

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i got my car checked out yesterday by pedders and they said that my upper bushes and radius bushes were badly worn and need replacing.. they said some noise was coming from the upper bushes, but the bad knocking noise was coming from my TEIN bearing being worn.. (ie the bearing on top of shock) ..

At the moment Im just trying to decide whether to get the bushes done for now, see how the noise is, and then if its still the same get 2 new front shocks (or all 4 if money is ok by then) ...

The guy did say that with the TEIN bearings they cant be sought after to replace just the bearing .. ? so he said i gotta replace the coilover..

Anyone agree with this? / disagree with this.. ?

They also wanted $704 just to replace the bushes! --> $184 upper bushes, $75 radius bushes, Labour - $310, 4 Wheel alignment $135 ..

Sounds a bit pricey , so might look around..

Cheers,

-JD

The guy did say that with the TEIN bearings they cant be sought after to replace just the bearing .. ? so he said i gotta replace the coilover..

Anyone agree with this? / disagree with this.. ?

don't know about this statement... i've got cusco pillow ball upper mounts - the mount can be disassembled and the spherical bearing can be removed for replacement/servicing. The spherical bearing is manufactured by NMB and a replacement should be readily available.

This may/may not apply to Tiens, but i cant see why they'd go into all the trouble of making their own bearings when they are readily available from bearing manufacturers... Whether the Tein pillow ball mounts can be disassembled is another question - but i'd imagine they would be...

cheers,

rol

yeh, i went for a visit to pedders once because they CAN rebuild coilovers, he must of thought i was a dumbass telling me how crap tien stuff is and they are just throw away items and i should try their pedders sports range, damn homos..

i should try their pedders sports range, damn homos..

haha .. yeah i know man they were defn trying to sell me their shit..

i will defn go elsewhere to get a second opinion..

just for the record: pedders were trying to sell me 2 sports ryder coilovers for the front for $1000 !!

Id rather get the G4s off here for 1399 for all 4! ..

gay pedders..

-JD

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