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Violent banging. (Try to guess.)

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adamism

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Sep 9, 2003
Sacto, California
Alright.. Here's the scoop.

I was driving on the freeway when outta' the blue I start hearing and feeling this extremely loud banging from underneath my car. It was a constant noise so I thought it'd be a flat tires or bent rim. Went out and took a look at it and the rims/tires are fine. The loud azz noise seemed to be coming from the center of my front axle.

The noise goes away though whenever I'm going slower speeds. But once I hit 70 or so it comes back and scares the shit out of me. Also, my steering seems to be off. For instance, whenever I hit a bump it's hella rough (more than before) and my steering wheel jerks whichever way. Just recently I lowered my car about 1.5 inches and put 18s on them. I don't know if my stock shocks are blown or what.. This has really got me guessing. Please help!

(Pic of my car.. maybe it could be too low?)

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Usually the strut will start to squeak before it does anything like that. I'm leading more towards a problem with the axle components.
 
you instal a camber kit? could be a ball joint i know my ball joint went bad i had a vibration but not a clunk at highway speeds. ur ur cv axle could be bent but i dont know if it owuld make a clunking noise
 
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