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Old 05-18-2009, 04:36 PM
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i have an 03 cobra, 32,000 miles on it....and have recently started hearing a clunking noise when going over bumps, i can hear it when i slowly go over bumps, and when im driving down the road, like something is loose down there......i have replaced the tie rods, and ball joints, and its still there......could it be the front sway bar bushings and end links? is this a common problem on the cobra's? also, my car is lowered 2 1/2 inches in the front(which i think is way too low for daily driving, it was like that when i bought it, and bought new eibach springs which only lower the car 1 inch.......does having the car lowered 2 1/2 inches put alot more stress on struts, shocks etc??? if anyone has had this same problem on mine please let me know, thanks
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Old 05-18-2009, 05:53 PM
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Not sure, but thats a very extreme drop do you have CC plates? it'll probably go away with the eibach springs
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Old 05-18-2009, 07:56 PM
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mine does the very same thing an i hav no i dea what it is, it only does it when i back up over a small bump, but i had the whole front end apart when i did my headers nad it still does it soo im interested in this one too, sorry i couldnt help ya
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Old 05-18-2009, 08:10 PM
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yes i have caster camber plates installed.....i have already ripped the front bumper off on the parking spot concrete blocks because i pulled up too far then backed up and it really sucked, waaayyy too low to be driven everyday, which is why im only gonna lower it an inch, but the noise drives me crazy, when they put the springs on, im gonna have them check the sway bar links, and see if theres any play in them
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Old 05-20-2009, 07:57 AM
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i had the same exact thing... i could never find out what it was but it was driving me crazy! i changed the cc plates, bushings, etc but it never stopped.
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Old 05-20-2009, 08:06 AM
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Possible bad strut? Sway bar bushings ovaled out?
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