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Hey all,

I was wondering if anyone can help me. My car is making a weird noise on the rear left hand side. The car makes a kind of knocking/creaking sorta sound. it is hard to describe. you can hear it when you are going slowly.. going over bumps. even under slow acceleration and braking, almost like everytime the weight is shifted in the car i can hear it.

The shocks are ok and they were replaced not long ago. When you bounce the car up and down you can sort of hear it but not all the time. A mate said it could be my bushes.. what bushes are in the rear i ned names so i can check out price.

Thanks all.

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check the rear wheel nuts make sure they are tight - my car was doing a similar thing and it turned out the wheel nuts were loose as! always check your wheel nuts after taking your car somewhere where they take off the wheels because they dont always put them on properly!

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or could be your springs? especially if u have progressive rate as most coilovers are, the top end part where the springs are close together can rub and make all sort of noises. can be fix by putting insulation in the spring coil

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... it is probably just your space saver jack banging around in its metal holder (located behind the panelling on the left hand side of your boot)

I had all kinds of people checking my suspension before I realised what it was! Then felt kinda stoopid, so just check that before you do anything drastic.

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