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I have BCs in mine and I ended up doing the same as you in the fronts where they essentially 'hang' from the top plates with the exposed bolt holding it all together. Previously had them set up like in the earlier part of your video and had constant clunking. Highly recommend SuperPro upper mounts as the factory rubber ones do let go and that rod supermans into your bonnet...
@ChaseChristensen8 Reading some of the comments about clunking on the fronts is that what you were talking about with the gap when using the washer and nut originally? Maybe that's why they only use the one nut to hold everything down?
The front bushings are notorious for compressing. (I bought my ‘09 new and mine were shot literally when I picked up the car , rumor was it was how they were strapped down on the boat coming over here. It’s usually a good indicator if you see any space under the hood your bushings are shot. Your gap could have been from that alone and that also causes clunking and creaking when turning. Always a good idea to replace bushings and bearings anytime you have it apart. I’ve changed mine 3 times in 70k miles FWIW. I am going from tein lowering springs with Fe3’s to maverick man coil overs so watching a few videos 😁 thanks for the video
Had a shop do the same coil overs on my 08 g8. Now the front has a clunk when going over larger bumps. Any thought? I was thinking a spring. Don’t want to take it back to that shop. Want to do it myself
Yeah, unfortunately I have now done this twice with these same shocks and I have the same problem. I thought it was shock mounts but I inspected those and they were fine. I think it’s an issue with how they mount and the possible space between them. It only happens once in a while so I’ve just learned to live with it.
Hey y’all I had a similar clunk in the front of my car. Turns out it was the sway bar end links. Since I had it torn apart, I just replaced the entire front suspension with SuperPro end links, sway bar, upper and lower control arms.
Went with the pedders xa set there nice, a must if your still on stock suspension! The weight savings alone is worth it! Only negative I experienced is the smallest pot holes bang so hard with the stiffer set up even at the softest settings, but the G8 doesn’t feel like a boat anymore ,it darts like a coupe!
@@wigletron2846 Mounts? Not sure what you mean, the fronts came fully assembled using factory top plate, and factory knuckle bolts although I bought 2 new bolts isn’t necessary, just drop the old put the new ones
@@100moula9 the strut top mounts. Some coilovers don't come with them. If yours were fully assembled and just bolted right in then yours came with mounts. The megans in this video don't have mounts.
Thanks man! It’s definitely nice to be able to set the ride height. I drag the car a lot and being able to crank them up to clear radials and then lower it down for street is nice.