[Gen_E92]

Originally Posted by Alan l.

Does yours sound like mine?

I'm going to meet up with Matt tomorrow night at his friends shop to change out the endlinks.

I don't think those endlinks would work because the FK setup is shorter than stock from what everyone tells me and those only go as short as stock. You can only adjust them to be longer.....not shorter.

I heard that SPP has another option that might work using some OE toyota endlinks.

Alan

http://www.turnermotorsport.com/html...&subcat_id=165

those are custom length

[Alan l.]

^^ damn I wish i knew about this sooner!

Well if my endlinks ever go out again I'll get the TM ones next. Thanks bud.

Alan

[Alan l.]

Matt just worked on the car again and we found out it's the actual strut that has failed causing the noise on my car. I found this out AFTER I purchased new endlinks which is money down the drain at this point. I sent all of the videos to Eric at supreme power parts to see how they want proceed with resolving this ASAP. This is not what I expected from FK with only 2900 babied miles on them.

you can clearly see the middle shaft moving when we put pressure on the strut. The passenger side did not move at all.

Here is the video I took a few nights ago driving down a street going 20mph over small bumps, manhole covers etc... I put my iphone right on the driver side dash.

Alan

[cn555ic]

Originally Posted by Gen_E92

http://www.turnermotorsport.com/html...&subcat_id=165

those are custom length

Yeah but which ones would we need??

[cn555ic]

Originally Posted by Alan l.

Matt just worked on the car again and we found out it's the actual strut that has failed causing the noise on my car. I found this out AFTER I purchased new endlinks which is money down the drain at this point. I sent all of the videos to Eric at supreme power parts to see how they want proceed with resolving this ASAP. This is not what I expected from FK with only 2900 babied miles on them.

you can clearly see the middle shaft moving when we put pressure on the strut. The passenger side did not move at all.

Alan

HOLY shit....thats what I may be experiencing also....WOW...What do we do about this....Mine is only happening on the passenger side....I only have about 3000 miles on them also and there not hard driven miles either..

[Alan l.]

Mine is only on the drivers side. When we tried shaking the passenge side it was completely solid and made no noise. It was quite easy to make it clunk on the drivers side with one hand.

Try jacking up the front of the car and push/pull on the wheel. It would be obvious if you have the same issue as me.

I am just hoping that SupremePowerParts steps up and gets me a replacement strut asap. I'm not going to wait months and drive my mew car like this.

Who did you order your kit from?

Alan

[cn555ic]

Originally Posted by Alan l.

Mine is only on the drivers side. When we tried shaking the passenge side it was completely solid and made no noise. It was quite easy to make it clunk on the drivers side with one hand.

Try jacking up the front of the car and push/pull on the wheel. It would be obvious if you have the same issue as me.

I am just hoping that SupremePowerParts steps up and gets me a replacement strut asap. I'm not going to wait months and drive my mew car like this.

Who did you order your kit from?

Alan

same vendor....I will take a look at my drivers side tomorrow and see if this is my issue....Yeah from the looks of the video its simply taking off the wheel and moving the tire back and forth..

[Alan l.]

Originally Posted by cn555ic

same vendor....I will take a look at my drivers side tomorrow and see if this is my issue....Yeah from the looks of the video its simply taking off the wheel and moving the tire back and forth..

Let us know if you have the same issue. This could work out since your passenger side has issues while my driver side is messed up. SPP could part out a full kit to get us back up and running rather than wait for FK to approve/ship something over from the UK. I refuse to keep paying for this car while I can't even drive it. Swapping back to stock isn't an option for me unless someone is going to cover for all the labor involved. I've already out $$$ trying to diagnose the issue as well as buying the new endlinks.

Alan

[Derek Zoolander]

I'm getting mine looked at tomorrow. When I looked at it, it didn't have any play like the strut wobble in the video..

[Alan l.]

I'm surprised i didn't notice this on my own. I must have taken off my front wheels half a dozen times within the last couple of weeks trying diagnose this issue thinking my endlinks were loose.

Pretty f'ed up that we all have new cars that make noises like a 10 year old POS!

Alan

[cn555ic]

Originally Posted by Alan l.

I'm surprised i didn't notice this on my own. I must have taken off my front wheels half a dozen times within the last couple of weeks trying diagnose this issue thinking my endlinks were loose.

Pretty f'ed up that we all have new cars that make noises like a 10 year old POS!

Alan

The messed up part of all this is, out of all my suspension upgrades of my other cars, these E92 suspension seems to have problems even with the most noted name brand KW coilovers....I think they were to quick to come out with these systems without enough R and D

[JBiddy]

...totally agree with you brotha

Originally Posted by cn555ic

The messed up part of all this is, out of all my suspension upgrades of my other cars, these E92 suspension seems to have problems even with the most noted name brand KW coilovers....I think they were to quick to come out with these systems without enough R and D

[NelsonLee]

That sucks, I hope the doo the right fing.

[yamazaho]

Damn now you guys are making nervous. I def. take it easy with my FKs and I sure wish it holds up.

[Alan l.]

^^mine could just be a fluke. Aside from this issue I love how these coils feel. Plus they are lifetime warranty but we'll see how true that is real soon.

Alan

[cn555ic]

Originally Posted by Alan l.

^^mine could just be a fluke. Aside from this issue I love how these coils feel. Plus they are lifetime warranty but we'll see how true that is real soon.

Alan

going to see Matt to see what my clunking issue is when I turn to the right...Wheel feels like its going to fall off! I have no confidence in these until I find out whats going on with that noise..

[cn555ic]

Just got back from seeing Matt...Its indeed the endlinks that are bad...I have the first version endlinks which are the copper ones...I was told by Matt that these were prone to get loose because the nut didn't have what the new versions ones have which is a lock nut, and the joint are not well made compared to the new ones...I just bought the coilovers exactly a year ago on Jan 4 2009 and these are already gone to shit...I am going to call Eric on Monday to see what he can do for me...I just can't believe that FKs have all this problems with clunks and defective parts...I hope Eric can send me out a new pair of endlinks I have a $60k car that sounds like a POS...
As for your issue Alan, mine doesn't exhibit that clunk, but based on your video and speaking with Matt, its seems like a defective piece if you ask me........

[DJKhan85]

Originally Posted by Gen_E92

http://www.turnermotorsport.com/html...&subcat_id=165

those are custom length

Looks like I'll grab those before putting on my KWs. Man if I have issues with my KW v2's it will be the end of me ever getting coilovers. My previous car had coilvers and it sucked. I was hoping that going with a well known brand would solve the issues.

[cn555ic]

Originally Posted by DJKhan85

Looks like I'll grab those before putting on my KWs. Man if I have issues with my KW v2's it will be the end of me ever getting coilovers. My previous car had coilvers and it sucked. I was hoping that going with a well known brand would solve the issues.

Don't get me wrong, when I first installed them it was great...I love the way it makes my car handle and ride....They are nice when everything is working...My problem is not as severe as Alan's, I only need the endlinks to be be upgraded and changed out and hopefully SPP steps up to the plate for me and Alan..

[Alan l.]

Originally Posted by cn555ic

Don't get me wrong, when I first installed them it was great...I love the way it makes my car handle and ride....They are nice when everything is working...My problem is not as severe as Alan's, I only need the endlinks to be be upgraded and changed out and hopefully SPP steps up to the plate for me and Alan..

[Saigon]

do you have a BOV installed on your car? It sounds so good!

[EVO_S4]

almost pull the trigger on these, but after hearing these I think its best to spend a little extra for the bilstein PSS