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      10-06-2010, 04:45 AM   #1
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kw v2 squeeking

Its been around a month and about 4-5k miles on my new kw v2's and i still notices squeeking when i hit some bumps or go over speed bumps..

Im assuming its just new shocks sound? or something? Is this normal?
I would think the squeekyness of it would be gone by now..
Its not super annoying but thought id voice my concerns..
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      10-06-2010, 06:14 AM   #2
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Mine definitely sound louder than the stock suspension over bumps too.
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      10-06-2010, 12:56 PM   #3
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I have some squeaking coming from the driver side front only. It's intermittent and mainly noticeable when getting in/out of the car. I don't hear it very often when actually driving. I'm not convinced it's the Swift springs or AST dampers, but it certainly could be. I'm going to have it looked at soon.
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It seems you are not alone on this issue romak47

http://www.1addicts.com/forums/showthread.php?t=412124

I have been comtemplating whether I should get kw coilovers or not because of the squeak...
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      10-11-2010, 10:49 PM   #5
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Its been around a month and about 4-5k miles on my new kw v2's and i still notices squeeking when i hit some bumps or go over speed bumps..

Im assuming its just new shocks sound? or something? Is this normal?
I would think the squeekyness of it would be gone by now..
Its not super annoying but thought id voice my concerns..
With KW it's hit and miss with noise, we have installed kits without noise, then there are kits that just wouldn't quiet down. The noise is the internal valves working as your drive.
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      10-16-2010, 01:43 PM   #6
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I don't think he's talking about the valves. At least in my case, I can hear the valves doing their jobs ("pissh, pissh, pissh")- this sound is an actual squeaking or creaking sound from the springs. Mine's pretty loud actually.
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