Are spring Isolators Necessary?

[beast11]

Swapping my springs and am wondering if the isolators are necessary? What are they for? And will I get more of a drop without them?

 

[Signal_12]

You'll get a little bit more drop, maybe 1/4 an inch. I had all of mine out and ended up putting the rears back in due to severe metal on metal rubbing noise.

Mike

 

[Mr.Moontang]

I just ordered new front and rear isolators due to the worst noises possible!!!!! do yourself a favor and replace them when its apart.....you might want to replace the rack bushings with offset ones and also use steeda ball joints

 

[daver01]

i would leave at least 1 per spring on. not worth the xtra drop for the horrible sound it makes.

 

[stangman]

when i dropped mine i actually put the top isolater on a circular sander & took a good 1/4 in off of it. dunno if it really did anything, but i had access to it & though why not. but another choice you have is to go to lowes or home depot & get a little bit of rubber tubing & put it in place of the isolater, it's much thinner, & still gives you the protection from the metal to metal contact

 

[Ryan L]

I guess I have a magical car because mine doesn't squeak and neither do any of my friends.

 

[beast11]

What kind of noises are you guys getting??

 

[Carl]

I took my front ones out and gained a 1/2" in drop with absolutely no extra noise or rubbing. I have the eibach sportlines.

 

[beast11]

I'll be using the motorsport "B"s, and my car is an '04, wonder if that makes a difference????

 

[WRXracer]

yeah

mine are out too.. mine makes no noise.. steeda sport springs in the car..

 

[jeff1414]

where can i get some new one's from. Mine are ripping apart??????

 

[beast11]

Ok, I just got finished with the install, and I drove it around an empty parking lot hard, hard turns, launch, and some hard breaking. The first time I hit the breaks really hard, I got a grinding, metal to metal sound, I did it again and the noise lessened. I repeated this until I got no noise. They are absolutely quite now.

I have had 4x4's all my live and never got a grinding sound from the suspension, and they were various coil sprung trucks. Maybe they make grinding noise until the paint is worn off the contact area, or they just need to be seated well, not sure but I'm happy at this point, I'll let you know if they start making noise again....

jeff1414, let me make sure that mine will stay quiet and I'll send you mine...unless shipping is crazy.

 

[jeff1414]

just shoot me a pm if they stay quiet!

 

[beast11]

No problem, I guess I'll give them about a week or so.

 

[MGSTANG]

I just used the bottom ones. I greased the HELL out of the top of the springs where it mates with the metal, no problems or noticable noises that you don't normally get with a lowered car.

 

[Mr.Moontang]

It took about 1500 miles or so for mine to start making noise................

 

[lwkauble]

I guess I have a magical car because mine doesn't squeak and neither do any of my friends.

Yeah, mee too. I have had my isolators out all the way around for almost a year now, and have not heard anything like you guys are describing. lighten up on the bong and maybe the noise will go away.

 

[dkshadow]

Yeah, mee too. I have had my isolators out all the way around for almost a year now, and have not heard anything like you guys are describing. lighten up on the bong and maybe the noise will go away.

Im gonna be installing springs this weeked and Ill probably leave the rear ones out. Hopefully I get a nice little drop with the springs I got.

 

[beast11]

I've got some pics of mine I'll try to post this afternoon.