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nismo racer · 05-15-2008, 11:32 PM

sad to say after two months of driving mine make noise too! ]: but its only on the front right side. stance is going to recieve a call from me soon.

mtx450 · 05-22-2008, 05:43 PM

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Originally Posted by ilia

Spherical bearings transmit noise. When you get rid of your 3" thick OEM rubber shock mount and replace it with SOLID STEEL, you'll get a bit more noise.

That says nothing of the quality of the coilover, or the quality of the company.

When you don't put anti seize on the adjuster threads, they'll seize up. Again, nothing new. The parts need regular servicing.

Don't hurt a company's reputation because you don't know how to work on cars.

We are not talking about the adjusting thread at all. We are talking about the knobs that adjusting the damping of the shock. It's not about hurting a companies reputation. It's also not about lack of working on a car. You're gonna tell me it's our fault if we put in these coilovers, then drive around the block...turn...and the car keeps fucking turning? I guess everyone here put them in wrong, haha.

All I'm saying is that, I bought Stance coilovers and raved about them when I first bought them. I put the damn sticker on my car and really enjoyed them. After a year of having them, I had the stupid pillowball problem, then the adjusting knob break off. Again, I'm not trying to "hurt" a companies reputation. Shit happens, and I'll get over it.

BillFourty · 05-22-2008, 06:06 PM

damn i just found this thread i had the same problem forever crazy memory steer and that binding noise. i actually only snugged the top bolt instead of having it super tight and that took care of the binding noise but i had to go down and tighten the perches all the time because they were constantly comming loose. now i have my collars adjusted as low as possible and i dont really have any problems. i might even take one out to get a little lower.

BillFourty · 05-22-2008, 06:17 PM

just called stance, guy was really nice and informative new plates on the way and i dont have to pay anything i got no complaints.

mtx450 · 05-23-2008, 02:43 PM

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Originally Posted by BillFourty

just called stance, guy was really nice and informative new plates on the way and i dont have to pay anything i got no complaints.

You just have to hope that the new plates fix your issue. Some people were still having problems with the replacements.

D1GP · 05-23-2008, 04:21 PM

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Originally Posted by mtx450

You just have to hope that the new plates fix your issue. Some people were still having problems with the replacements.

and some even on their 3rd replacements...

mtx450 · 05-23-2008, 05:16 PM

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Originally Posted by D1GP

and some even on their 3rd replacements...

lonelydrifter · 05-27-2008, 04:42 PM

Wow. Thought the shounds were wierd after just installing these things. Seems like everything is getting taken care of though so i'll just give Stance a call tomorrow.

Let you guys know how it goes.

Thank you for starting this thread!!!

96SilviaDrftr · 05-27-2008, 04:57 PM

I had that issue... contacted Stance and they sent me the new pillowball mounts... issue fixed...

turtl631 · 05-27-2008, 07:18 PM

Sheesh, I bought my GR+ in spring of 06 and never had any issues other than a missing spacer in the rears. They sent me that and they've worked fine ever since, no popping noises, weird memory steer, broken adjusters, or anything similar. Granted, they have pretty low miles on them since I bike everywhere, but it seems these problems are cropping up pretty quickly for people, so I imagine if mine had issues it would be evident by now. I'm actually selling them soon, lol. Shameless plug!

Spring Break '92 · 08-22-2008, 08:31 PM

I know its been a while since this thread has been posted in, but I was searching for a thread about this type of problem. I am not running coilovers, but I am running Tein camber plates with a spring and shock combo, Koni's and RS*R race springs. I installed them today.

The problem I had initially was that I could not install the front assemblies with the metal spacer between the spring top hats and the camber plates, it was too tall and would not allow the strut brackets to line up with the knuckles. It was almost an inch of difference. I thought about it for a minute, and realized that if I removed those spacers, it was the same height as the old setup I took off of the car.

With that done, I was able to install them. Went for a test drive after doing the rears. Immediately I noticed that when going over any kind of bumps a some what loud knocking noise from the fronts. But, I also am not running the spacer between the top hats and camber plates. There are no noises when turning, everything is normal there.

Spring Break '92 · 08-24-2008, 01:18 AM

In between the camber plates and top perches I added in a metal washer and a rubber washer to take up some space and eliminate any metal on metal contact. Before I put these in, I was moving the camber plates up and down while the springs were compressed, I could see that there was some play there without an kind of spacer. After with the washers, I did the same thing and there was no play. I could even see where the camber plates had marks from contact with the upper perches. With these in place the assemblies still seemed to not allow the knuckles and strut bolt holes to line up, but I disconnected the front sway bar end links so I could push the knuckles down to get the bolts in. I got them reinstalled and drove it. The knocking noise was still there, but happened less than before.

dt-p88 · 10-26-2008, 07:33 PM

i jus installed my gr+'s yesterday and my front pass side makes that noise which sucks ill be giving stance a call hopefully they'll still send pillowball mounts fo replace the bad one for free

japs13 · 10-26-2008, 09:41 PM

i bought Powered by max coilover and having exactly same problems...
noise, steering pull, coilover not rotating by the pillowball.... help

Shaminii · 10-26-2008, 11:44 PM

Set your spring preload to zero or call PBM for new pillowball mounts.

theslows13 · 10-27-2008, 12:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by japs13

i bought Powered by max coilover and having exactly same problems...
noise, steering pull, coilover not rotating by the pillowball.... help

same here.... PBM's bind at the top... i gotta get ahold of em

EDacIouSX · 11-11-2008, 11:45 PM

so anyone know what the warranty is on stance? i've had em for 2 years now and my front right is making the popping noise and is not rotating at the camber plate. going to give them a ring.

Style · 11-12-2008, 06:09 AM

mine has been doing the same thing, and ive had them a lil over a year now... shits anoying

EDacIouSX · 11-12-2008, 01:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Style

mine has been doing the same thing, and ive had them a lil over a year now... shits anoying

didy ou call yet? i've been too lazy to call.

EDacIouSX · 11-12-2008, 03:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Style

mine has been doing the same thing, and ive had them a lil over a year now... shits anoying

i called stance and Scott asked me when did i buy em. told em over a year (more like 2 years give or take a month) and he said i most likely have that problem that people were having a while back.

anyway, he asked me for my address and said they will ship out tomorrow.

talk about service, these guys are going to spoil me with good service lol. Super satisfied with stance.

gprb25 · 11-12-2008, 03:54 PM

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Originally Posted by EDacIouSX

i called stance and Scott asked me when did i buy em. told em over a year (more like 2 years give or take a month) and he said i most likely have that problem that people were having a while back.

anyway, he asked me for my address and said they will ship out tomorrow.

talk about service, these guys are going to spoil me with good service lol. Super satisfied with stance.

Same here. I've had two sets of rears sent to me. The last set was an updated version and work awesome!

I contacted them via E-mail and they sent them out, no questions asked.

Stance has great customer service and the product seems to be coming around also.

sylsevilsis · 11-12-2008, 04:21 PM

has anyone ordered a new set lately without having these problems?
I'm going to order a set next month, and would hate to call the company and have to wait again to get a fix that they should have fixed before they were shipped to dealers.

Style · 11-14-2008, 08:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by EDacIouSX

i called stance and Scott asked me when did i buy em. told em over a year (more like 2 years give or take a month) and he said i most likely have that problem that people were having a while back.

anyway, he asked me for my address and said they will ship out tomorrow.

talk about service, these guys are going to spoil me with good service lol. Super satisfied with stance.

so what all is he sending you? new front camber plates?? or rears too??

rc1honda · 11-14-2008, 12:34 PM

I found a great deal on a set of the Stance AL's, and i really hope i don;t have the same problems. From what i read it seems it's the GR+ thats having all the issues. Ill havent installed them yet but when i do i let you guys know if they have the same problems.

LongGrain · 11-14-2008, 01:53 PM

tha AL+ are new so i wouldnt worry about it.

jeb1517 · 01-05-2009, 09:36 PM

My suspension was making that same noise and had really bad memory steer to the right. I took it in to touge factory and they checked it out. At first they said its the pillowballs and would install new ones so i said ok. Then after like half an hour they said when they jacked the car up they saw the install had been done a little incorrectly so the fixed em and said to try the suspenstion again and come back if i had any problems. They said you should have zero preload. also, they tightened the top nut with an impact gun.

I'm still getting crazy memory steer to the right but the noise is gone. You guys think I should go back and get the new pillow balls installed? The suspension is over a year old.

bmar240sx · 03-24-2009, 04:38 PM

Wow im shocked, i didn't even know of this problem. I thought i fucked em up since there are bad roads in NY and what not. I called stance they are sending me new ones they will be here on Friday which makes me very happy. I will pick em up and install them on saturday. Should be sweet not hearing that noise. It only happens when i drive the car really hard which is a distraction =/

05-15-2008, 11:32 PM	#451
nismo racer Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: the 805! Posts: 1,057 Trader Rating: (17) Feedback Score: 17 reviews	sad to say after two months of driving mine make noise too! ]: but its only on the front right side. stance is going to recieve a call from me soon. __________________ PEGASUS

05-22-2008, 06:06 PM	#453
BillFourty Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Long Island Posts: 30 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	damn i just found this thread i had the same problem forever crazy memory steer and that binding noise. i actually only snugged the top bolt instead of having it super tight and that took care of the binding noise but i had to go down and tighten the perches all the time because they were constantly comming loose. now i have my collars adjusted as low as possible and i dont really have any problems. i might even take one out to get a little lower. __________________ Island Slide Drifting

05-22-2008, 06:17 PM	#454
BillFourty Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Long Island Posts: 30 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	just called stance, guy was really nice and informative new plates on the way and i dont have to pay anything i got no complaints. __________________ Island Slide Drifting

08-22-2008, 08:31 PM	#461
Spring Break '92 Zilvia Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: unconcious on Daytona Beach Posts: 180 Trader Rating: (1) Feedback Score: 1 reviews	I know its been a while since this thread has been posted in, but I was searching for a thread about this type of problem. I am not running coilovers, but I am running Tein camber plates with a spring and shock combo, Koni's and RSR race springs. I installed them today. The problem I had initially was that I could not install the front assemblies with the metal spacer between the spring top hats and the camber plates, it was too tall and would not allow the strut brackets to line up with the knuckles. It was almost an inch of difference. I thought about it for a minute, and realized that if I removed those spacers, it was the same height as the old setup I took off of the car. With that done, I was able to install them. Went for a test drive after doing the rears. Immediately I noticed that when going over any kind of bumps a some what loud knocking noise from the fronts. But, I also am not running the spacer between the top hats and camber plates. There are no noises when turning, everything is normal there. Last edited by Spring Break '92; 08-24-2008 at 01:18 AM..*

10-26-2008, 11:44 PM	#465
Shaminii Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: VA Posts: 406 Trader Rating: (4) Feedback Score: 4 reviews	Set your spring preload to zero or call PBM for new pillowball mounts. __________________

05-27-2008, 04:42 PM	#458
lonelydrifter Zilvia Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: florida Age: 39 Posts: 270 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Wow. Thought the shounds were wierd after just installing these things. Seems like everything is getting taken care of though so i'll just give Stance a call tomorrow. Let you guys know how it goes. Thank you for starting this thread!!!

05-27-2008, 04:57 PM	#459
96SilviaDrftr Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: California Age: 41 Posts: 21 Trader Rating: (1) Feedback Score: 1 reviews	I had that issue... contacted Stance and they sent me the new pillowball mounts... issue fixed...

05-27-2008, 07:18 PM	#460
turtl631 Zilvia Addict Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Milwaukee WI Posts: 900 Trader Rating: (3) Feedback Score: 3 reviews	Sheesh, I bought my GR+ in spring of 06 and never had any issues other than a missing spacer in the rears. They sent me that and they've worked fine ever since, no popping noises, weird memory steer, broken adjusters, or anything similar. Granted, they have pretty low miles on them since I bike everywhere, but it seems these problems are cropping up pretty quickly for people, so I imagine if mine had issues it would be evident by now. I'm actually selling them soon, lol. Shameless plug!

08-24-2008, 01:18 AM	#462
Spring Break '92 Zilvia Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: unconcious on Daytona Beach Posts: 180 Trader Rating: (1) Feedback Score: 1 reviews	In between the camber plates and top perches I added in a metal washer and a rubber washer to take up some space and eliminate any metal on metal contact. Before I put these in, I was moving the camber plates up and down while the springs were compressed, I could see that there was some play there without an kind of spacer. After with the washers, I did the same thing and there was no play. I could even see where the camber plates had marks from contact with the upper perches. With these in place the assemblies still seemed to not allow the knuckles and strut bolt holes to line up, but I disconnected the front sway bar end links so I could push the knuckles down to get the bolts in. I got them reinstalled and drove it. The knocking noise was still there, but happened less than before.

10-26-2008, 07:33 PM	#463
dt-p88 Zilvia Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: sl,ut Posts: 261 Trader Rating: (5) Feedback Score: 5 reviews	i jus installed my gr+'s yesterday and my front pass side makes that noise which sucks ill be giving stance a call hopefully they'll still send pillowball mounts fo replace the bad one for free

10-26-2008, 09:41 PM	#464
japs13 Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: santa clara CA Posts: 3 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	i bought Powered by max coilover and having exactly same problems... noise, steering pull, coilover not rotating by the pillowball.... help

11-11-2008, 11:45 PM	#467
EDacIouSX Post Whore! Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Los Angeles Age: 39 Posts: 4,566 Trader Rating: (53) Rides Gallery: EDacIouSX Feedback Score: 53 reviews	so anyone know what the warranty is on stance? i've had em for 2 years now and my front right is making the popping noise and is not rotating at the camber plate. going to give them a ring.

11-12-2008, 06:09 AM	#468
Style Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: on the corner Posts: 337 Trader Rating: (10) Feedback Score: 10 reviews	mine has been doing the same thing, and ive had them a lil over a year now... shits anoying

11-12-2008, 04:21 PM	#472
sylsevilsis Leaky Injector Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Fukuoka, Guam Age: 42 Posts: 90 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	has anyone ordered a new set lately without having these problems? I'm going to order a set next month, and would hate to call the company and have to wait again to get a fix that they should have fixed before they were shipped to dealers.

11-14-2008, 12:34 PM	#474
rc1honda Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Chicago Age: 43 Posts: 433 Trader Rating: (5) Feedback Score: 5 reviews	I found a great deal on a set of the Stance AL's, and i really hope i don;t have the same problems. From what i read it seems it's the GR+ thats having all the issues. Ill havent installed them yet but when i do i let you guys know if they have the same problems.

11-14-2008, 01:53 PM	#475
LongGrain Post Whore! Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Midwest Posts: 2,741 Trader Rating: (5) Feedback Score: 5 reviews	tha AL+ are new so i wouldnt worry about it.

01-05-2009, 09:36 PM	#476
jeb1517 Leaky Injector Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Chicago Age: 40 Posts: 62 Trader Rating: (3) Feedback Score: 3 reviews	My suspension was making that same noise and had really bad memory steer to the right. I took it in to touge factory and they checked it out. At first they said its the pillowballs and would install new ones so i said ok. Then after like half an hour they said when they jacked the car up they saw the install had been done a little incorrectly so the fixed em and said to try the suspenstion again and come back if i had any problems. They said you should have zero preload. also, they tightened the top nut with an impact gun. I'm still getting crazy memory steer to the right but the noise is gone. You guys think I should go back and get the new pillow balls installed? The suspension is over a year old.

03-24-2009, 04:38 PM	#477
bmar240sx Zilvia Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: NY Age: 34 Posts: 206 Trader Rating: (5) Feedback Score: 5 reviews	Wow im shocked, i didn't even know of this problem. I thought i fucked em up since there are bad roads in NY and what not. I called stance they are sending me new ones they will be here on Friday which makes me very happy. I will pick em up and install them on saturday. Should be sweet not hearing that noise. It only happens when i drive the car really hard which is a distraction =/