all of my friends who's got suspension work done on the sports cars, got some sort of a sound. I have springs, sway bars on my other ride and it also has gotten a 'creak'
I'm thinking of getting some suspension work done on my FJ, but really don't want ANY kind of noise what so ever. please chime in with some input. thanks.
bump.. anybody with lifts got any kind of 'creaking' noises?
also, I would like to know if there are stiffer sway bar options. FJ's got some serious body roll. I think I've read a thread about this, but I can't find it.
Mine is creaky unless I lube them-often. Currently, I'm not aware of any swaybar options. You could go with adjustibles like Fox or Walker Evans to stiffen it up a bit.
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Walker Evans adj. F&R reservoir shocks. Pro Links. AP F&R bumpers. Demello skid. Mile Marker SE9500C. Viking Trail Line. Super Swamper LTB 34s on Tacoma wheels. 305 MTR on Wheelers wheels. Trail Gear Sliders, Aeroflow, Lightforce Blitz 240, Powertank 10lb, Hi-Lift, Jack Mate, Pull-Pal.
Harder, stronger materials associated with after market suspension parts are not going to be quiet like stock parts. Grease your fittings and PBBlaster any other joints you can't grease. The upper A-arms love to squeak, they are the AllPro open ones, dirt gets in and they squeak, I spray them with PB weekly. My FJ isn't a mall crawler anymore, it's an offroad toy, there's a price for everything.
As they say, "race truck parts, make race truck noises".
In most cases you won't get noises (surprisingly my Donahoe's [Icon now] and Total Chaos upper arms have never made noise), but there is absolutely no guarantee. The good thing is that the FJ is pretty insulated, so most minor squeaks won't end up in the cabin.
I've only got one annoying squeak, and it's coming from the front sway bar bushings. I'm thinking of replacing the rubber with neoprene versions, to eliminate the squeaking and to end the twice-monthly lubricating with silicone spray.
Like what was said already, modifications to suspensions may result in creaking or squeaking. You can solve most of them, but it requires patience and time (or money); goes with the territory...
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Dennis' Titanium: '08 Titanium 4X4; AT; LD; A-Trac; Uniden PC78XLT, Bandi mount, 4' whip; Toyota extra horn mod; Predator step rails; no mud flaps; LT285/70/R17 Hankook Dynapro MT tars; 3" Lift (OME 884 front coils & N140S shocks, ToyTech Medium rear coils, OME N71E rear shocks); All-Phase rear diff skid; SCUBA breather mod; Steel sway bar collars; All-Pro sway bar links, rear shock skids, and lower link skids; Digger upper and lower rear links; Rasta4x4 skids; Toytec 1" diff drop kit (as soon as I get around to spacing the skids)
Mine use to really annoy me, but I've gotten used to it and likes the attention I get in a strange kind of way. "Why does it sound like that"? I get to answer why.
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Sandoo Blue FJ
Walker Evans adj. F&R reservoir shocks. Pro Links. AP F&R bumpers. Demello skid. Mile Marker SE9500C. Viking Trail Line. Super Swamper LTB 34s on Tacoma wheels. 305 MTR on Wheelers wheels. Trail Gear Sliders, Aeroflow, Lightforce Blitz 240, Powertank 10lb, Hi-Lift, Jack Mate, Pull-Pal.
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