Squeaky Noises from rear divorced springs Coilovers
 

So I installed my rear dampers and adjustable springs and did a slow 5 mph drive around the block and heard creaking noises coming from the rear over bumps.

I am thinking I may have missed a step when installing my coilovers because I thought it was weird to remove the stock rubber components and have the metal on metal contact springs sitting in the bucket. What did I miss? Do I need to reuse the stock rubbers when installed the divorced springs?

I also installed SPL rear camber arms and lockout bolts, all torqued to spec and make sure everything was tight and wouldn't be moving.

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I believe you either reuse OEM or buy aftermarket. Theres a recent thread ab that on here.

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The springs are rotating under compression, so its metal on metal

U need thrust washers, also called thrust sheets

Swift makes some
http://www.splparts.com/products/swi...t-washers.html

I saw the swift thrust washers and may get them. But which of those oem things would I reuse? I tried fitting the cone ones and it just doesn't fit at all with the coil over hardware but I never tried the other ones that were sitting at the bottom.

It was an educated guess on my part. But I suppose you could make those fit with some judicious Dremel work.

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If you get SPL Midlinks, they come with the upper perch/mount that are now adjustable

FUCAs are next and will probably be last handling upgrade and upgrades for this year until next spring when I start with power upgrades.

My guess and Betty's guess was correct. I was supposed to reuse the OEM rubber at the bottom of the bucket. Noise went away and now everything is quiet.