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Quick question about suspension. I reinstalled some standard suspension into my R33 and i started to hear a solid "clunk" sometimes from the rear when driving along, and not nessesarely when going over bumps etc. Its slowly happening more and more and Im starting to get a little concerned.

Where exactly do you think the noise is coming from, or the reason for it? Im hoping to confirm its not something which will fail on me while driving. And yeah, I have coilovers, but gotta wait until they get imported to put them in.

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when does this happen theres quite a few diffrent reasons that this could happen ?????

are you turning brakeing??

what else has changed on the car recently???

are you sure you put everything back together properly ???

small things like the papper or rubbers seals under camber tops can cause this ??

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the clunking happens regularly, but at random times, not nessesarely while going straight/turning/accel/braking.

At that time I took off my coilovers and replaced with standard nissan stuff. I didnt change anything else with the suspension.

Im quite sure I put it all back properly. Its a simple enough process (still took all day though) and Im therefore sure everything was done up back as it should have been.

I cant remember if there were paper seals under the camber tops, there might have been, I just bought them and slapped them in. I dont see how that could be responsible for the kind of clunk im getting though (does it? it might?). I would expect a squeek issue for something like that.

My thoughts are that it could be either the shocks/struts I put in which are somehow stuffed or the ball joints for the rear sus or, less likely the Hycas ball joints. But I have no experience with sus gone bad, so Im hoping for experiences and advice from those who have.

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The shocks themselves seemed in decent condition, no leaks and the plastic cover was complete and in good condition. I cant remember if it had the paper gaskets; i think so but not sure, it was about 3 months ago that I put them on. I also have a strut bar and the standard trunk bar.

Whats the purpose of the paper tops anyway?

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