I have a weird sensation coming from the front of the car and I can feel it slightly in the steering wheel. It's like a 'kong-kong' sound very lightly.

When I passed a friend while driving he said he heard a little sound coming from the right hand side.

Just noticed it today.

I only lowered my car with H&R Sport springs (1.5/1.25) and I did it the second day I got the car so I have had them on for around 7000 km (4500-5000 miles or so I think). They shouldn't have blown yet right?

My car doesn't even look like it's really lowered so I don't know what's wrong....*sigh*

Is it an alignment problem?

Argh.....

 

simply,

good shocks - bounces down & up, done deal

bad shocks - bounces DOWN & UP & DOWn & Up & DOwn & uP & Down & Up & down & up, moves constantly.

$.02

 

yeah, have a friend drive next to you and let him watch your tires and see if your wheels are bouncing. And if its been like this for a while, look for uneven tire wear(you can also hear it when your car drives by someone), though it might be too soon since it sounds like this just started.

 

if you can push your car all the way down and they dont bounce back right away, they are blown out....flat and simple....get aftermarket shocks.....im workin on koni's

 

umm more like if you push your car down, and it bounces up/down/up/down etc. theyre blown. theyre "shock absorbers" and theyre supposed to slow the verticle motion of the car

 

almost..... actually shocks are designed to keep your wheels on the ground at all times, not to "absorb shock" as they are labeled. they provide firmness in the suspension to keep your tires in good contact with the road. if they're blown the car will be bouncy because there's nothing to dampen the up/down effect.

 

i had my shocks COMPLETELY BLOWN, leaking like crazy, and my tires had the metal coming out even =) and let me say, if u have blown shocks, u should kno, or can tell. my car blew in like 3 months, being lowered 4 inches, with OEM shocks. and my car was bouncing and it felt like my car was about to come off its wheel ... not a very good feeling. even tho my ride was bouncy even from the beginning, i could tell when they were blown. i dont kno, if its so much of a sound, only thing i could tell was when i hit the bumps, perhaps they got louder. one question guys, when my shocks were blown tho, and my mechanic took it out, when i pushed the ACTUAL shock, its rebound speed was very slow. i pushed down on it, and it came back up like a snail. not to mention, it was very dirty. while the one that was new, rebounded fairly faster. ???

 

haha...thanks for the info guys, but i found the problem.

:rofl:

Turns out a HUGE nail was in my front tire.

I mean HUGEEEEEEEEEE. It was one of those heavy duty ones like almost an inch in width! It was all chipped up because I had it in my tire for a night or two which involved a lot of time in VTEC.

Well, since i lost a tire I think this is the perfect excuse to use to pick up the new rims even though winter is coming. Advan Model 6!