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Brin

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For front springs to sit like this, with the coils literally touching each other?? I tried comparing the left front but I don't think it's as bad ill have to have a better look.. My rears are like that, but I never noticed the front was.

When I go over speed bumps or a pot hole, there is a slight rattle in the front right hand side as of the last few days.. I thought maybe the shock had come loose in the strut, but everything seems to be in tact.. Sway bars etc. Bushes are a little worn but not to make a rattle noise like that.. It's not a clunking noise, just a rattle like something is loose... Any ideas? Could it be the spring has sagged?

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ummm wtf??? definately not sposed to sit like that brin...
 

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no definately not... if the coils sit on top of each other then there is no suspension travel...
 

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haha i dont think that would be enough to do it... i have no idea how this woulda happened unless the previous owner got the springs compressed and went overboard with it
 

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i dont think they sat like that before, thats all :|

although lately i have been literally throwing myself onto the bonnet so it'd click shut.... fifty kilo been thrown on it 3 or 4 times in a row?? you sure.... lol

you see, the rear passenger spark plug lead likes to come loose, so i hear it miss and gotta pull over and reconnect it.. darned thing. yes, my car is a bomb.
 

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haha 50kegs??? hardly gunna budge it :p ... just noticed ur from liverpool... i was born there :p grew up mostly in c'town
 

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but i did throw myself on there quite a few times. actually several times. also whilst i had her jacked up yesterday trying to find out where the jingling noise was coming from....

been in liverpool since 2000. absolute shite hole :p im at my other halfs at campbelltown now... campbelltown hasnt changed, i dont know which is better haha.
 
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