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Old Dec 9, 2005 | 04:36 PM
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08 Silver Lexus IS250 (manual),73 air cooled super beetle-- black 2004 230 ss is gone
Installed Konis & Eibachs

On my '04 sports sedan,installed shocks & springs,lowered car about 1 1/4" Handles great,wheel gap gone. But now I have some noises coming from back. Sounds like its the exhaust. Not a clunking suspension noise but sounds as if something is loose. Really annoying. Anybody run into this problem?? Thankssssssss
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Old Dec 9, 2005 | 04:39 PM
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Originally Posted by johnp
On my '04 sports sedan,installed shocks & springs,lowered car about 1 1/4" Handles great,wheel gap gone. But now I have some noises coming from back. Sounds like its the exhaust. Not a clunking suspension noise but sounds as if something is loose. Really annoying. Anybody run into this problem?? Thankssssssss
you sure it's not your wheels rubbing against the rear fenders?

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Old Dec 9, 2005 | 04:44 PM
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doesnt sound like anything is rubbing. Plus I just put on 16" snows which are narrower than the stock 17's,so I doubt its the tires. But thanks for your help
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