i just recently had lower and upper control arms installed, as well as ford racing shocks and struts. my car is lowered about 1-1.5 inches, and has recently been aking some weird nioses. every time i go over a decent sized bump, or even a small bump too fast, the rear end makes a very loud clunk. when i took it back to the shop thy said that the noisewas my rear end hitting the mounts in the body of the car, and that i shouldnt be worried bc it isnt going to harm anything. i dont belevie him bc when i go over some pretty big bumps, it makes a pretty loud noise, and i know that cant be good. no i kno a lot of u guys lower ur cars, so do u have the same problem or is my car just ****ed up? any help would be awesome
i just recently had lower and upper control arms installed, as well as ford racing shocks and struts. my car is lowered about 1-1.5 inches, and has recently been aking some weird nioses. every time i go over a decent sized bump, or even a small bump too fast, the rear end makes a very loud clunk. when i took it back to the shop thy said that the noisewas my rear end hitting the mounts in the body of the car, and that i shouldnt be worried bc it isnt going to harm anything. i dont belevie him bc when i go over some pretty big bumps, it makes a pretty loud noise, and i know that cant be good. no i kno a lot of u guys lower ur cars, so do u have the same problem or is my car just ****ed up? any help would be awesome
I have no idea what could be wrong with it but yeah thats definately not good. Ive never heard any of the lowered guys say anything about this... and the roads near school arent that great and those parking garage speed bumps suck.. I swear Im gonna rub when I go over them.. Im pretty sure once I get lowered Ill have to park in the lots cause I wont be able to clear them. And damn lol.. gotta love that avatar.
BTW, what color Stang you drive? I havent really seen many s197s around.. about 3 actually..
i have a redfire stang with duals. ive seen a couple around hear, theres a really nice black gt in the towers parking garage with a hood scoop and chin scpoiler and chrom bullits. but yea, i dnno what the deal is with the noise, the bumpstops maybe, i dunno. lol, i have class at 6
Yeah lol, never seen yours.. probably because Im not in the towers and youre probably never drivin around while Im there lol. I have seen a yellow V6 and a white GT that frequently park in the north and east garages though (those are the 2 I use ) and a black v6 that I see driving every now and then. Ive parked beside the white GT a few times but its always there when I get back, so they probably havent even seen mine... There isnt many of us on campus though, its mainly all hondas and stuff.. which is a good thing I suppose lol. Im just glad Im the only Satin around
I have heard people mention that they shaved their bumpstops so if you didnt do that then it could be the problem... not sure if it would cause the type of sound youre describing, but its worth looking into.
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You won't find a squeek, rattle or vibration answer on a car enthusiast forum. The ONLY way to find the answer is to "get out and get under." Raise the car safely and use the 4 P's; Push, Pull, Pry and Prod on everything underneath the car in the area where you here the noise until you locate the looseness which is the source of the noise and then correct it.
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The LCAs, are they spherical ends?
Yeah what control arms did you get??
Also i would suggest for the bottoming out to have the very top knob cut off of the bumpstop this will give the suspension a bit more travel and will help prevent the bottoming out.
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Well I had my springs installed at Lamatta Performance and you having a name of UCF something i assume you live in the central florida area try taking your car there and they may be able to diagnose your problem if you cant have the original shop do so...but Jake told me that the strut bearings on these s197s are extremely fragile when taking the strut apart and can break for no reason at all so try going there and it may be a strut bearing but you said its happening in your rear-end so i don't have an answer for you there though....
just to clarify, the noise doenst happn on like small bumps obut rather when the road elevation changes, like it goes up or dow 2 inches or so, and whent he rear end comes up or down to the new hieght it makes a huge noise.
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If you have no money that is even more reason to get underneath the car yourself and start shaking, pulling, prodding on everything until you find the problem. It is not rocket science requiring a "Factory Certified Tech."
The bumpstops are on top of the rear axle just behind the rear tires. If you can fit under the back of the car you could do it without lifting it up, but it would be easier to remove the rear tire. You can't miss them, they are a spongy yellow-tan rubber nipple.
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i dont have to take out the springs again? how can i do this without lifting the car up??
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) and a black v6 that I see driving every now and then. Ive parked beside the white GT a few times but its always there when I get back, so they probably havent even seen mine... There isnt many of us on campus though, its mainly all hondas and stuff.. which is a good thing I suppose lol. Im just glad Im the only Satin around 
