Whenever I go slow over a speed bump or bumps, potholes in the ground, I hear kind of a cracking noise in the front of my car like it's the suspension. Kind of like a metal on metal sound, and like something is loose.
I just started noticing this not too long after I got 17" rims on my 2000 toyota camry sedan.
Also, I had three people in my back seat who weigh 200 pounds apiece, and my back right tire started rubbing on my wheel well.. is that normal because it's just too much weight back there, or do i need to get my suspension checked?
2007-02-03 07:12:35 · 7 answers · asked by BMD 2 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
well.. it is stock suspension. The rims are 17" rims and the original rim was 15". I bought and had them installed at discount tire co. wouldn't they have told me that this would happen I'd need new suspension to accomodate the bigger rim size?
2007-02-03 08:47:48 · update #1
Sounds like you may have put rims that are too big for your particular vehicle on. The metal to metal noise is most likely the inside of the rim rubbing on a piece of the suspension when it's compressed (like when you go over a bump). It's the same issue as when you have some additional weight in the vehicle. You can either correct the rim size or change the suspension to a performance aftermarket one to accomodate the wheel size.
2007-02-03 07:19:14 · answer #1 · answered by cqsteves 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, if it is what it sounds like, you have a lowered car, and it wasn't done right. Someone cut the coils...
If this is the case, replace the coils AND the struts on all 4 wheels.
Next, the metal sounds you may hear may be one of your rims. It may not be the correct offset for your car. To check this, simply look at the inside corner of all the rims. If it looks like it was shaved off a little bit, that is your problem. If you are on a budget, and don't have the OE wheels, find some spacers at a tire shop. They may run you like 10.00 a piece, but it will save you from flipping your car when the tire comes off the rim and catches your fenderwells!
2007-02-03 07:19:24 · answer #2 · answered by Mark D 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Too much weight in the back seat. You also need to completely replace your suspension in order to accommodate the 17" rims. I don't think they were stock. The car was more likely designed for 14 or 15 inch rims. You're looking at some major work and bucks. Get your buddies to give you a hand.
2007-02-03 07:18:31 · answer #3 · answered by St N 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The rim and tires seem like too big on diameter compared to the original equipment that came with the car when it was new (OEM)
2007-02-03 07:21:40 · answer #4 · answered by Duke 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
not unavoidably. replacing wiped out suspension with the most ideas-blowing contraptions will restore the motorcar's dealing with to what the generating facility spec grow to be, regardless of the indisputable fact that it really is not continuously the case that setting up stiffer springs and shocks will quite strengthen the dealing with. a lot relies upon on how a lot you regulate the unique settings and what type of automobile that is, regardless of the indisputable fact that it really is extremely really user-friendly to make a automobile cope with worse via messing with the spring expenditures and damper settings. bear in ideas, automobile organizations spend actually tens of millions coming up a automobile's suspension settings to provide an optimal stability of journey high quality, bump absorption, pitch and yaw administration etc, and via fooling round with those settings, there's a stunning good probability you would mess it up!
2016-12-03 10:01:21 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
get rid of the rims
2007-02-03 11:29:09 · answer #6 · answered by chrisso_w2003 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
those are the gremlins coming to life in your car that they put in all japanese cars to get even for the bombings of wwII....
2007-02-03 07:21:29 · answer #7 · answered by italianone70 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋