make creakin noises after new springs?

[sheizen]

i installed the trd springs in my garage...torque everything down to spec...everytime i enter a driveway or go over uneven streets i hear creaking noises...i remember hearing them before but not this loud....
going straight or turning on level surfaces is smoottthh....
anybody elses car do this?
kind of sounds like my chassis/body....not my shocks or springs.

[dvs1]

1. Make sure the springs are lined up properly on their perches & seated.
2. Make sure the bolts on the endlinks are tight, that was creakinin on mine.

[BlaqCelica]

tea...they probably installed them incorrectly.

[sheizen]

drove my friends gts today with stock springs...i hear the same thing, but its just more noticeable and louder in my car.....

[cubanbeat]

i hear the same thing in my car!! WTF is it..

[sheizen]

haha nice car cubanbeat looks exactly like mine but i dont got the rims....

i think the noises happen to everyones car but just a lil louder after lowering springs...

some people keep the radio on all the time and they dont notice anything....or they dont think anything of it.

[lceBurn]

I've had that same noise.. and its only like on the front right side that i hear..it.. and its only when i go over a bump or something.. what is it.?.. guys help!

[Lilsupra]

Hey...I hear that crap too...but its faint...im gonna record it and post it...I hope you guys do the same...it happens even while i accelerate and go over the smallests bumps...I hope its not the chassis falling apart.

[sheizen]

hahaha hey lilsupra u got nothing to worry about..if its faint then its like that...i heard it on my friends gts...

[csirani]

Ok guys, I had my trd springs and hotckhis sways installed about 2 weeks ago. I got creaking sound also but only when going over bumps, dips etc. When I went back to the store, they greased everything however creaking noise was still there. What they noticed was that rear sway bar was hitting the muffler heat shield everytime you press down on the car. So all we did was pry the muffler heat shield down a little and voila no more creaking sound.

I'm not sure if this is the same thing happening to you folks but it's worth a try.

~Cheers.

[cubanbeat]

na it comes from the front sometimes on the left sometimes on the right.

its not my exhaust i know that.
i also had i looked at by a local machanic and he checked everything but i think it might be my stut brace.

its not a big deal but it bothers me and everyone else here 2

victor


edit: thanks dude i think i am gunna change my front bc everyone has it and its kinda ****ed (fender bender)

[LEDmod]

For about week.. there is break in period.. when you go over bumps.. it makes some noise...
It's where bump stop pops back into place... which is normal...

Your case might be different.... but give about a week..
Did you cut your bump stop?? I'm not sure.. but shop where they did mine (Skunk2 lowering spring).. they cut the bump stop...

After a week.. I don't hear anything....

[sheizen]

OoOo that might be it dooly...i will have to wait a week...

[NeSyO03]

Well i have had my springs for way longer than a week and theys till doing it. :(

[Sillycar2001]

It sounds like I had the exact creaking sound from my 2001 GT... It has taken me almost 2 years, more than 8 visits to Toyota, one dent on each doors, a repainted door, scratched plastic, arbitration and 5 different dealerships to get some sort of satsifaction.

To make a long story short, the creaking sound in my car was coming from the passenger lower "b" pillar... My sound was similar to a lot other members. In my case, the creaking sound was coming from a broken weld causing two panels to rub against each other.

I can not say if the problem has been fixed, as it has been a month and I have not heard the sound yet. But every other attempt by Toyota was only a short term fix.

Anyone trying to get this fixed by Toyota -good luck. I have wasted so much time, energy and money trying to get a legitimate manufactures defect fixed under warranty. Plus I still do not know how long this last fix will last.

Are Toyota service depots not properly trained to fix more complex issues or is it that they just do not care?

Anonther member in Canada took his car into a dealership to get his issue looks at. The delaership refused to look at or fix it. He only has one dealership in his town.

This is ridiculous, Toyota needs to take responisbility.

[Sillycar2001]

BTW, my suspension is STOCK.

[LEDmod]

Originally posted by sheizen
OoOo that might be it dooly...i will have to wait a week...

One of the thing that I did was run over the speed bump kind of fast... :rofl:
That might help the bump stop pop back in.... :D
But try that on your own risk...

[sheizen]

i think its our interior plastic rubbing against each other...that can be a possiblity...iam going to install hotchis springs on my friends car tomm...and will test drive without the interior plastics and see what happens.