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Old Jun 10, 2015 | 11:51 PM
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Knocking noise when turning or turning steering wheel fast

Hey everyone, so I just had my car lowered about 2 inches back and front. Immediately after all that my car does a knocking noise when accelerating on a sharp left turn, it wouldn't knock if I just coast right through it without pushing the pedal. Also after making a right turn then shifting into second (it's an automatic ) it barely does a few knocks depending on how hard the pedal is pushed but not as loud as the turn left ones. Also when I'm stopped and steer the steering wheel a little fast I can hear the same knock but only once. The more weight I have in my car the more it sounds. I cannot even drive my mom in there and she's only 140 lb. I let my fat friend in there and he's 350 and the knocking sounds during turns are scary. What could this really be? My cv boots? They are new boots. Control arms or transmission mount? I also have new strut mounts. Should I just put my stock Springs back on? I know how to change them myself. All the sounds come from the right side of car and tranny is on the left. Other than that the car is very smooth.
Old Jun 11, 2015 | 01:12 AM
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Hard to tell without looking at the car but there's been 2 threads on this recently:

https://maxima.org/forums/4th-genera...eft-turns.html
https://maxima.org/forums/4th-genera...n-problem.html
Old Jun 11, 2015 | 12:27 PM
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make sure your strut mounts are tight, when i got my car lowered, during the process they fixed a problem with a knock sound.. it was just the strut mounts.. also check the bearings as well.
Old Jun 11, 2015 | 02:59 PM
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Originally Posted by JoshG
make sure your strut mounts are tight, when i got my car lowered, during the process they fixed a problem with a knock sound.. it was just the strut mounts.. also check the bearings as well.
All that is good. Could it be because the springs layer are not Even an inch apart? Touching metal to metal? They look very compressed
Old Jun 11, 2015 | 04:06 PM
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Originally Posted by MrsmokeydogA32

All that is good. Could it be because the springs layer are not Even an inch apart? Touching metal to metal? They look very compressed
is the spring seated correctly?
Old Jun 11, 2015 | 06:29 PM
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Originally Posted by Daniel VQ30life
is the spring seated correctly?
Yea. When I saw it, it looked seated correctly. But does the double layer sit on the top or bottom of strut? By double layer I mean the ends have like two layers close together instead of a single in one end. That part is sitting on top.
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