popping sound

chuninyomouf · 11-14-2006, 03:59 AM

i just installed my sustec brace and now when i make hard turns i get a terrible loud popping sound from the front right end of my car i heard it from the same place both making left and right turns. anyone what the deal is?

mc1200s · 11-14-2006, 09:11 PM

i installed mine last week and now it makes a terrible popping sound when i launch. i thought it was my exhaust hanger but it isnt? I have no idea what is going on with this thing. hopefully somebody else chimes in.

mc1200s · 11-23-2006, 04:44 PM

I just noticed that I am getting the pop also when I brake hard. If I slam on the brakes, I am rewarded with a BANG POP.

What the hell could be causing this. My bolts are tight as can be and this started immediately after I installed my underbrace. I first though that it was the rubber support of the exhaust hanger banging the brace because I first noticed this BANG POP when I launched and assumed that it was motor mount flex that was causing the two to touch. Now I am completely shocked to find out that it is popping hard-core when I slam on the brakes.

Slam on the brakes at about 35 mph POP BANG---then drop it in second and hammer it---POP BANG.

What would cause such a loud pop when you slammed on your breaks?

Thanks

smp06si · 11-28-2006, 08:11 PM

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Originally Posted by mc1200s

i installed mine last week and now it makes a terrible popping sound when i launch. i thought it was my exhaust hanger but it isnt? I have no idea what is going on with this thing. hopefully somebody else chimes in.

my car does the same thing especially when I launch and shift hard to second. I dunno what it is and its coming from under the car.

jdmk20z3 · 12-26-2006, 08:47 PM

me too its doesnt sound good either my comes from front right when i brake hard shift hard or launch anyone figure it out yet?

***airportguy770*** · 12-26-2006, 08:51 PM

something wasnt installed right. I have the tanabe on my car and I've never hard any banging or popping. looking under the car while you have someone put weight on it and see if you have any clearance issues.

jdmk20z3 · 12-26-2006, 09:40 PM

its not the exhaust

PWRDByAdobo · 01-25-2007, 02:24 PM

Bump for an answer!!! I actually took off my Megan brace and it's still making that gawd awful sound!! > _ < It's driving me nuts! I took of the brace, tightened bolts, wasted my lunch, checked everything. Anyone at all?

koonce727 · 01-25-2007, 03:29 PM

i have the same problem from the front right. I recently posted my problem and no one replied.
Im not sure what it is. Its almost constant, its sounds like a rusty shock. Ive narrowed it down to the front right. when i get out of the car and pushed on the front left(no noise) then i walk around the the other side and pushed down right above the shock and squeek squeek(poping sound) almost sounds like my front end is gonna fall off when im driving

PWRDByAdobo · 01-25-2007, 08:49 PM

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Originally Posted by koonce727

i have the same problem from the front right. I recently posted my problem and no one replied.
Im not sure what it is. Its almost constant, its sounds like a rusty shock. Ive narrowed it down to the front right. when i get out of the car and pushed on the front left(no noise) then i walk around the the other side and pushed down right above the shock and squeek squeek(poping sound) almost sounds like my front end is gonna fall off when im driving

No kidding. I was driving down wilshire this morning and it popped consecutively 2 times in a row but always when load is transfered to the rear violently (say hard acceleration). Like I said, I've removed the brace, but am still getting the same noise which rules out the brace. I'll check my suspension tonight and hopefully that was it. It's scary driving your car with it making popping noises that sound as if your motor is going to give and just fall to the ground.

raycl · 01-26-2007, 07:06 AM

mine started after the Tanabe install, mine sounds like a haamer hiting the firewall.The header or exhaust isn't hitting anything.

soxfan · 01-27-2007, 04:28 PM

I don't think this has anything to do with aftermarket installs. My car is bone stock and I get the popping sound when I go over speed bumps and take hard turns. I get the feeling there's gonna be a recall on some suspension part...

PWRDByAdobo · 01-29-2007, 07:24 PM

Did any of you torque the bolts to spec? Honestly now. I'm thinking it might be an issue concerning the torque specs of the bolts.

RWatters · 01-29-2007, 07:35 PM

Out of curiosity, how many of you are lowered?

I'm dropped on Tein S-Tech springs and have the same EXACT noise and I know another person or two do as well. I at one point had the Tanabe brace on my car but noticed this trouble once I lowered the car.

Sounds like we're all in the same boat.

RWatters · 01-29-2007, 07:41 PM

Also, I am **hopefully** going to have the car in the air this weekend taking a look at the front suspension. Should a person get back with me I am hoping to purchase another stock suspension setup and have it arrive here for me to be able to use it this weekend to compare the two to see if anything is different. I think it's either going to be in the strut bearing or in the front sway-bar (even though it's stock and I haven't touched it). I know others have reported this in the past and the resolutions have been everything from "it went away" to this strut bearing (or top of the strut tower assembly) being the culprit.

On my car this trouble happens when I'm hard on the brakes, shifting hard, getting wheelhop, or every once in a while turning to the right or left. The noise always comes from the front right of the car.

Should all go according to plan hopefully I will have something to say about it come Sunday!

***airportguy770*** · 01-29-2007, 07:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RWatters

Out of curiosity, how many of you are lowered?

I'm dropped on Tein S-Tech springs and have the same EXACT noise and I know another person or two do as well. I at one point had the Tanabe brace on my car but noticed this trouble once I lowered the car.

Sounds like we're all in the same boat.

I am lowered on Eibach Sportlines, No popping sounds out of mine

RWatters · 01-29-2007, 07:59 PM

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Originally Posted by airportguy770

I am lowered on Eibach Sportlines, No popping sounds out of mine

Honestly mine doesn't make any sort of popping noise unless I'm driving the car pretty hard. During normal driving it's perfect. I just want it to be pop and trouble free even when I'm at the limits in the car.

paynomind · 01-31-2007, 08:24 AM

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Originally Posted by soxfan

I don't think this has anything to do with aftermarket installs. My car is bone stock and I get the popping sound when I go over speed bumps and take hard turns. I get the feeling there's gonna be a recall on some suspension part...

Same here. I havent done anything to mine except change the oil and rotate the tires.

Mine pops and creaks on forward-rear direction changes. I've not noticed it on side-to-side. I dropp off a car pool buddy, and when i put in in reverse, and start out of his driveway, it pops almost every time.

I've been under it with a torque wrench, and have found nothing. I asked Honda about it last oil change and they said they cant reproduce it.

-sigh-

esx005 · 01-31-2007, 09:00 AM

hey guys no probs on my 07 fbp, but we had an issue w/my 06 ex... it had lots of popping when you turned the wheel. honda told me the strut beaings went out so they replaced them and two weeks later same prob. then they told me the inlinement was the prob b/c the tires were wearing weird. i threw a fit and i ended up having honda change the whole strut casing and all. i haven't herd a knock since..i don't know if this helps but here it is...

11-14-2006, 03:59 AM	#1 (permalink)
chuninyomouf Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: va beach Age: 25 Posts: 4 josh iTrader: 0 / 0%	popping sound i just installed my sustec brace and now when i make hard turns i get a terrible loud popping sound from the front right end of my car i heard it from the same place both making left and right turns. anyone what the deal is?

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11-14-2006, 09:11 PM	#2 (permalink)
mc1200s Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 227 iTrader: 1 / 100%	i installed mine last week and now it makes a terrible popping sound when i launch. i thought it was my exhaust hanger but it isnt? I have no idea what is going on with this thing. hopefully somebody else chimes in.

11-23-2006, 04:44 PM	#3 (permalink)
mc1200s Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 227 iTrader: 1 / 100%	I just noticed that I am getting the pop also when I brake hard. If I slam on the brakes, I am rewarded with a BANG POP. What the hell could be causing this. My bolts are tight as can be and this started immediately after I installed my underbrace. I first though that it was the rubber support of the exhaust hanger banging the brace because I first noticed this BANG POP when I launched and assumed that it was motor mount flex that was causing the two to touch. Now I am completely shocked to find out that it is popping hard-core when I slam on the brakes. Slam on the brakes at about 35 mph POP BANG---then drop it in second and hammer it---POP BANG. What would cause such a loud pop when you slammed on your breaks? Thanks

12-26-2006, 08:47 PM	#5 (permalink)
jdmk20z3 Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: east haven CT Posts: 51 iTrader: 0 / 0%	me too its doesnt sound good either my comes from front right when i brake hard shift hard or launch anyone figure it out yet?

12-26-2006, 08:51 PM	#6 (permalink)
*airportguy770* VIP Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Stockbridge,GA Age: 25 Posts: 8,466 Dave iTrader: 10 / 100%	something wasnt installed right. I have the tanabe on my car and I've never hard any banging or popping. looking under the car while you have someone put weight on it and see if you have any clearance issues.

12-26-2006, 09:40 PM	#7 (permalink)
jdmk20z3 Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: east haven CT Posts: 51 iTrader: 0 / 0%	its not the exhaust

01-25-2007, 02:24 PM	#8 (permalink)
PWRDByAdobo Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: West Covina, CA Age: 24 Posts: 423 Bryan Pascual iTrader: 5 / 73%	Bump for an answer!!! I actually took off my Megan brace and it's still making that gawd awful sound!! > _ < It's driving me nuts! I took of the brace, tightened bolts, wasted my lunch, checked everything. Anyone at all?

01-25-2007, 03:29 PM	#9 (permalink)
koonce727 Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: La Crosse, WI Posts: 333 Koonce iTrader: 0 / 0%	i have the same problem from the front right. I recently posted my problem and no one replied. Im not sure what it is. Its almost constant, its sounds like a rusty shock. Ive narrowed it down to the front right. when i get out of the car and pushed on the front left(no noise) then i walk around the the other side and pushed down right above the shock and squeek squeek(poping sound) almost sounds like my front end is gonna fall off when im driving

01-26-2007, 07:06 AM	#11 (permalink)
raycl Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: West Des Moines Age: 40 Posts: 598 Ray iTrader: 0 / 0%	mine started after the Tanabe install, mine sounds like a haamer hiting the firewall.The header or exhaust isn't hitting anything.

01-27-2007, 04:28 PM	#12 (permalink)
soxfan Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: SoCal Posts: 101 David iTrader: 0 / 0%	I don't think this has anything to do with aftermarket installs. My car is bone stock and I get the popping sound when I go over speed bumps and take hard turns. I get the feeling there's gonna be a recall on some suspension part...

01-29-2007, 07:24 PM	#13 (permalink)
PWRDByAdobo Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: West Covina, CA Age: 24 Posts: 423 Bryan Pascual iTrader: 5 / 73%	Did any of you torque the bolts to spec? Honestly now. I'm thinking it might be an issue concerning the torque specs of the bolts.

01-29-2007, 07:35 PM	#14 (permalink)
RWatters Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Olathe, KS Age: 23 Posts: 1,912 iTrader: 10 / 100%	Out of curiosity, how many of you are lowered? I'm dropped on Tein S-Tech springs and have the same EXACT noise and I know another person or two do as well. I at one point had the Tanabe brace on my car but noticed this trouble once I lowered the car. Sounds like we're all in the same boat.

01-29-2007, 07:41 PM	#15 (permalink)
RWatters Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Olathe, KS Age: 23 Posts: 1,912 iTrader: 10 / 100%	Also, I am hopefully going to have the car in the air this weekend taking a look at the front suspension. Should a person get back with me I am hoping to purchase another stock suspension setup and have it arrive here for me to be able to use it this weekend to compare the two to see if anything is different. I think it's either going to be in the strut bearing or in the front sway-bar (even though it's stock and I haven't touched it). I know others have reported this in the past and the resolutions have been everything from "it went away" to this strut bearing (or top of the strut tower assembly) being the culprit. On my car this trouble happens when I'm hard on the brakes, shifting hard, getting wheelhop, or every once in a while turning to the right or left. The noise always comes from the front right of the car. Should all go according to plan hopefully I will have something to say about it come Sunday!

01-31-2007, 09:00 AM	#19 (permalink)
esx005 Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: ft. worth TX Posts: 927 jeremy iTrader: 2 / 100%	hey guys no probs on my 07 fbp, but we had an issue w/my 06 ex... it had lots of popping when you turned the wheel. honda told me the strut beaings went out so they replaced them and two weeks later same prob. then they told me the inlinement was the prob b/c the tires were wearing weird. i threw a fit and i ended up having honda change the whole strut casing and all. i haven't herd a knock since..i don't know if this helps but here it is...