Knocking noise after coilovers put in

[yagami]

OK, got the car jacked up, rear wheel off and...i can't budge the nuts :s

[T-BaGGeR]

do you have a set of C spanners? it should of come with the coilovers.
they should be black and look like a big "C" with a handle coming off it

[yagami]

Yeah, i got em. Its all good now. Turns out i need to man up lol They were just on pretty tight. Taking it for a test drive soon.

Edit: Took car for test drive, still making the same noises. No difference after tightening it up =/

[tinkerbell]

well that is terrible news,

but did you follow on with the rest of my advice, i know it is a pain, but it is less of a pain that taking it to a workshop if all they do is what you coudl have done...

take for a drive, then re-assess the noise... if there is still any noises, repeat and add slightly more preload...

if the noise persists after adjusting the 2nd time then adjust it HEAPS,

then take it for a drive... that way you can 100% know it is not the springs... it will feel like crap, so dont go fast, but you will be able to know 100% it is not the springs if they are adjusted up so hard...

[yagami]

Thanks tinkerbell. I just done that this morning but unfortunately they're still making the same noise The guy i bought em off recommended a workshop down here (Trojan Motorsport, if anyone knows anything about em) so i've booked it in to get looked at next Friday. Apart from the bad noises, it drives fine, is it a good idea to keep driving it? Its my daily so i'd have to catch a bus everywhere otherwise -_-

[yagami]

All fixed now. There's a nut or something inside where the spring sits and that just needed to be tightened up. Its called the Preload Perch iirc.

Thanks for all the replies =D