Rear clunking after coilover install. Coil bind?

**Sn00ty** · 10-03-2010, 02:01 PM

Heres the deal. I just had a set of FK coilovers installed on my e36. A few days after driving I took it back to the shop that did the install because of rear clunking going on. They searched for 3 days looking, replacing bushings to rear brake pads to find the noise. They called me and saying it was the actual coil spring alone making the noise. My first thought was to have them take out the rear spring perch, as ive heard that the movement of the spring in the perch can clunk. The other thing I heard was "coil silencers" that wrap around the coils to prevent coil bind. Any help is much appreciated!

**b00duh** · 10-04-2010, 07:51 AM

is there any sort of top nut on the coilovers?

**OSSHWA** · 10-04-2010, 11:54 AM

My rear coilovers are all kinds of noisy. Anytime I roll up into a gas station all you hear is "creak....creak....creak".....lol. Half the time I think people are looking over at me not to peep my car, but to see what the noise is.....lol.

**b00duh** · 10-04-2010, 12:31 PM

lol. mine feel like they're kinda seized, but when i get them inspected they say everything's fine. some times when i come to a complete stop after a bumpy ride, it feels like one corner drops down to where it should be.

**Elvis** · 10-04-2010, 03:00 PM

Dude, my rear right makes noise too!

**Sn00ty** · 10-04-2010, 03:29 PM

Hearing that other people experience noises with their coilover kits and what not makes me feel a lot better about my situation. Once I install my rear spacers I am going to take out the rear perches. Until then I'll just have to turn my music up!