Hi All
Don't know yet if this is a warning or just the result of being early in the queue.
Mid April got a 2.0 TDI three door. Decided to get the car after driving reflextdi's Mk IV which has been heavily modified. Decided that I would go down a similar route. Purchased Eibach springs (-30mm), Eibach ARB front and rear, Koni adjustable dampers front and rear, Powerflex bushes throughout, BBS CH 18" rims with Pirelli P Zero Nero rubber. Suspension mods fitted by a local garage owned by a friend (mistake number one).
All OK for the first week then began to hear a noise from the front drivers side suspension. Always difficult to describe a noise but combine knock/clonk and creak and you will be somewhere close. Nothing I can do will always provoke the noise. Everything I do will make it happen sometimes. I get it when pulling away from traffic lights in a straight line and can nearly always get it when going from lock to lock at low speeds.
Didn't want to go back to friends garage, they had the car for ages, it came back dirty and with a confession that they had not actually seen a Mk V before and "it was all a bit of a learning curve". Strange they didn't mention that before.
Have taken it to another friends garage. He runs Predator Motor Sport. (exhausts but mainly for bikes). Got the car up on a lift and from underneath nothing seems loose. Sprayed everything with silicon but noise still present.
Went to local VW dealer who was not keen as the car was modified.
Went to local garage that specialises in VW and has been there for 30+ years. They confirmed that everything seemed to be done up tight but offered no solutions. Said that it was probably because all the bits came from China!!! Didn't really follow that as everything was German. Still Hey Ho!!
Have been in touch with Richard at JBR performance where the dampers, ARB's and bushes came from and he said that he also has a similar thing happening on his but didn't think it was anything to worry about. Can't say I'm that worried about bits dropping off but I am worried about my sanity. It's driving me nuts!!
Did think about taking it to a specialist, but the only one I have used before is AMD and they seem to have a mixed reputation on the forum. If anyone has had the same sort of thing and has fixed it I would love to know, if not be warned that it might be part of what you have to put up with. Me, I'll be taking it all off again soon as I drive too many miles to put up with it. Any suggestions for a good reliable specialist would be welcome.
Sorry for the length of the post
KeithM
Don't know yet if this is a warning or just the result of being early in the queue.
Mid April got a 2.0 TDI three door. Decided to get the car after driving reflextdi's Mk IV which has been heavily modified. Decided that I would go down a similar route. Purchased Eibach springs (-30mm), Eibach ARB front and rear, Koni adjustable dampers front and rear, Powerflex bushes throughout, BBS CH 18" rims with Pirelli P Zero Nero rubber. Suspension mods fitted by a local garage owned by a friend (mistake number one).
All OK for the first week then began to hear a noise from the front drivers side suspension. Always difficult to describe a noise but combine knock/clonk and creak and you will be somewhere close. Nothing I can do will always provoke the noise. Everything I do will make it happen sometimes. I get it when pulling away from traffic lights in a straight line and can nearly always get it when going from lock to lock at low speeds.
Didn't want to go back to friends garage, they had the car for ages, it came back dirty and with a confession that they had not actually seen a Mk V before and "it was all a bit of a learning curve". Strange they didn't mention that before.
Have taken it to another friends garage. He runs Predator Motor Sport. (exhausts but mainly for bikes). Got the car up on a lift and from underneath nothing seems loose. Sprayed everything with silicon but noise still present.
Went to local VW dealer who was not keen as the car was modified.
Went to local garage that specialises in VW and has been there for 30+ years. They confirmed that everything seemed to be done up tight but offered no solutions. Said that it was probably because all the bits came from China!!! Didn't really follow that as everything was German. Still Hey Ho!!
Have been in touch with Richard at JBR performance where the dampers, ARB's and bushes came from and he said that he also has a similar thing happening on his but didn't think it was anything to worry about. Can't say I'm that worried about bits dropping off but I am worried about my sanity. It's driving me nuts!!
Did think about taking it to a specialist, but the only one I have used before is AMD and they seem to have a mixed reputation on the forum. If anyone has had the same sort of thing and has fixed it I would love to know, if not be warned that it might be part of what you have to put up with. Me, I'll be taking it all off again soon as I drive too many miles to put up with it. Any suggestions for a good reliable specialist would be welcome.
Sorry for the length of the post
KeithM