Clunk, Clunk, Clink

I recently got my old Mark 8 reinspected after sitting since October.. Slapped some new tires on it, and have been driving it a good bit lately.

The front suspension has started clunking quite a bit. I assume I need to inspect/replace the front control arms? Is this correct? I'm a little in the dark on the front suspension. The most work I've done up there is replace the front strut assemblies a few years back with second gen stuff. I'm tired of listening to the thunk/clunk, which has now been amplified by the fact that I am running a lower profile higher performance (stiffer..) tire - 235/45ZR17 Nitto NT555s. And, of course, it's only about an inch off the ground .

Where should I start with this one?


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RE: Clunk, Clunk, Clink

I think the clunk clunk is from your upper a arms. IF they get too bad they will make noise all the time instead jsut over bumps. I wuld put a 50$ bill on your upper a arms being bad. 160$ fix from 5 star ford. Not too hard to do, I showed DJ how to swap them out on my red car a couple months ago.

RE: Clunk, Clunk, Clink

If you need some extra cash for the work, I can take that Lotus off your hands. Every time I look at that car I drool.

RE: Clunk, Clunk, Clink

Hey guys, thanks for all the replies. I figured you'd all tell me what I was already thinking..

Nice to see you here, Ray . and yes, I'm happy now.

and flamark, I'd be happy to sell you the Lotus.. It's still almost like a new car with only 8700 miles on it <G>. I kind of want a newer V8 car but haven't been able to bring myself to spend that much money on a single car yet ! You're right about the drooling part though, I still do that myself occasionally and hell I own it

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RE: Clunk, Clunk, Clink

nice lotus... what year is that beast?