Squeaking suspension getting worse... what to do?

Squeaking suspension getting worse... what to do?

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kayzee

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Tuesday 23rd April 2013
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Hi, basically, when doing a sharp turn left, I get a big old squeak from the right hand suspension at the front of the car. This is progressively getting louder... and I've now noticed it's starting to do it at the back as well. This is happening when accelerating from stand still, and occasionally when braking.

The first thing I need to figure out is where is it coming from? Is it likely to be the actual springs, or something else? I should probably point out I'm running K-Tec coilovers, and they've only had about 1,500-2,000 miles put on them so far. I'm not very handy with tools unfortunately, so any advice would be much appreciated.

Ultimately I'm a bit stuck because...

Local garages round here don't seem to want to touch anything to do with modifications
I can't take it back to K-Tec because they're over 150 miles away (they fit them themselves when I was staying nearby last year)
I presume whatever is causing the squeak could eventually seize up!?
I wanna get on the track this year and I don't want this affecting it!
Even if it's nothing that serious, I can't exactly one day sell the car like this

If it was the springs... can you fit other brands springs to coilovers that are already fitted?

Thanks silly

Edit: This is on a Clio 182 btw! I copied this from when I pasted it on ClioSport so forgot to add that, whoops...

Edited by kayzee on Wednesday 24th April 12:25