Anybody ever have their lowering springs cause issues with other suspension or drivetrain components. My dealer is recommending I put my stock springs back on to see if we can pinpoint a grinding/fluttering sound coming from my front drivers side wheel area. They are saying that the suspension geometry is changed (i know) and is causing undue stress possibly on the drive axle or cv boots, causing this noise. I'd hate to put my stock springs back on and lose that great look.

Any input?

 

they usually just blow out the stock struts eventually

when does this sound happen? always?

 

i had the same problem. my front right is making a weird noise, not so much a grinding noise, but a rubbing noise. I am thinking about going back to stock height, but I hate the looks of it. plus its a bunch of work.

 

my cobalt was on the sportlines for the whole time i owned it(1.5yrs)and never had a issue..might be ur wheel bearing..loose or goin bad..happens on cars that have been dropped for so long,and the roads are crappy

 

^^my wheel bearings are most likely the problem. New ones are 125 shipped (timken) and Id do the work myself.

 

yah mines sorta a rubbing/grinding noise...I can hear at low speeds in 1st and 2nd, sound comes up through the floorboard with the windows closed.

 

Will you still have this issue if you used Koni Yellows with the lowering springs?

 

as everyone knows,lowered cars arent for bad streets like we have in some places in america..so its a risk u gotta take

 

my cars been dropped for about 8 months...

the dealer never said nothing about wheel bearings and they claim to have checked everything...

but they can't say for sure about the axle or cv's until I go back with my stock springs on...

 

eibach's been on the block for a long time,so there products arent made cheaply like there competators,so i doubt it has anything to do with the springs.

 

How do I check my own wheel bearings?

I don't think it's the actually springs...but something they are adding stress to. Like the angle change to the front drive axles or cv boots?

 

jack up the side thats making the noise and try to move the wheel(grab the top and bottom of wheel) with ur hands..if it moves barely than thats ur problem...

 

in all honesty, it started to happen bad after my car got towed once. pissed me off so much.

 

duh...I forgot I did that last week....nothing was loose.

 

how bout the cv joint?the side thats mounted onto the wheel hub?to narrow it down,its a moving part,so its either axels,bearings,tie rods,springs

 

arnt there some tabs that some people werent lining up when installing the eibach springs? Those tabs need to be lined up and the noise will go away from what i read.

 

Yep, check that, if the tab on the top hat of the strut is not pointing in toward the engine compartment you'll get funky noises.