Ok so I have to drive down to florida (from nashville) and Im having some concerns with my s. It is an 01 (AP1).

Here is my problem. Whenever I accelerate hard or make a right hand turn im getting alot of vibration. I can hear something is not right with the rear passenger side. When I hit a bump or anything on the road it sounds like something is banging together. I have also noticed when I brake hard, right when I let off the brake I hear the same noise. I thought maybe because I had a blown shock that was the problem. Got new rear shocks (koni) and problem is still there...

So I have brand new shocks, tein springs which are only 6 months old, and I don't see anything visible out of place, that I can tell. Is there some type of adjustment you can do with the upper or lower control arms? Would bad bushings possibly cause this?

I have to leave tomorrow, it is a bit of an emergency, so any thoughts or advice on this would be beyond appreciated.

 

when did the vibration start? right after you lowered the car? could be worn inner cv joints.

 

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That could be a possibility, but I have had the car lowered for about six or seven months and this didnt start untill maybe three weeks ago.

 

how many miles on the car when you first lowered it? i dont think it would take 6-7 months for it to show up if it was the CV boot issue, and i also dont think it would only affect one side.

if you have time, i would try and get it on an alignment rack and have a pro check it out. could be anything, really.

 

I'd have it looked at if it's acting up at speed. A drive train or suspension failure would be nasty at 70.

 

My guess is Inner CV Hubs need to be swapped from left to right.