Hearing clunking when turning wheel all the way

[MeRP2S]

So I recently lowered my car but upon receiving it back. I noticed that in sharp turns I hear a loud clunking noise. As if a metal is getting stuck to another piece of metal and making that noise. Only happens when I turn the wheel to the right all the way. I get a slight clunky noise when I turn it to the left but not as bad.

Anyone have any thoughts on this? Thanks

 

[swcrow]

Sway bar/end links

 

[MeRP2S]

Sway bar/end links

Gotcha. Would you recommend just the front or both the front and rears? And which brand?

 

[swcrow]

Gotcha. Would you recommend just the front or both the front and rears? And which brand?

No, I mean check them and ensure they're tightened

 

[MeRP2S]

No, I mean check them and ensure they're tightened

Oh I see. I’ll take a look and check them out. Perhaps the person who installed them didn’t quite tighten everything back together. Worth mentioning to him, thank you!

 

[XM_Rocks]

Check the sway bar bolts as mentioned above.

If that is ruled out you can try and recreate in a parking lot with the hood open. It might be the Strut Mount Bearings.

Did you have them replace those?

 

[MeRP2S]

Check the sway bar bolts as mentioned above.

If that is ruled out you can try and recreate in a parking lot with the hood open. It might be the Strut Mount Bearings.

Did you have them replace those?

I’ll have the person who installed the springs check out the bolts. If that’s not the case I’ll have him check the strut mount bearings because I did not have them replaced. Everything was reused.

 

[swcrow]

OP....is this noise during sharp turns over bumps or just turns?

 

[MeRP2S]

OP....is this noise during sharp turns over bumps or just turns?

Just turns. Over bumps it seems to be fine and quiet. It’s mainly whenever I start to make a turn, I can hear creaks and clunking

 

[swcrow]

Just turns. Over bumps it seems to be fine and quiet. It’s mainly whenever I start to make a turn, I can hear creaks and clunking

Yeah I go back to sway bar and end link bolts not properly tightened

 

[MeRP2S]

Yeah I go back to sway bar and end link bolts not properly tightened

Will definitely have them checked out. I appreciate it, first time ever having one of my cars dropped and it definitely had me worried lol

 

[cbass]

subbing for update. I have this intermittently, not enough to worry me, but it only comes up at embarrassing times. Like, drove from Florida to Pittsburgh, no issues. Pull into a parking lot with a bunch of nice cars, so I don't want to look like a total VW peasant, and boom, make loud noises.

 

[Terriquez88]

I am feeling the same symptoms as OP. Did u ever find out what caused the noise? I need to fix the issue ASAP because it’s driving me nuts. I only here the noise when coming out of my drive way or making a sharp turn while not moving. Over bumps and pot holes there is no noise

 

[bfury5]

I am feeling the same symptoms as OP. Did u ever find out what caused the noise? I need to fix the issue ASAP because it’s driving me nuts. I only here the noise when coming out of my drive way or making a sharp turn while not moving. Over bumps and pot holes there is no noise

It's most likely the sway bar end links. If they're not tight enough it's really easy for them to move just a tad every time there's a force on the sway bar

 

[EricsVdub]

A sway bar is a torsion bar connecting opposing suspension sides together to reduce body roll. By nature, the car needs the suspension under load to tighten the end links to avoid noise due to preload. The best way I now to do that is connect & tighten everything except one lower end of an end link. Put the wheels back on and put the car on ramps to tighten the last end link.