06 sti w/70k miles.

i noticed the tell tale signs of strut clunk early on after my purchase.i tried applying grease to the shaft.that only worked for a short while.then i found a post for "05 sti jdm take offs" from dickson.these were 2005 sti struts that came off a 10-15k car.they looked to be in very good shape,almost new.we worked on a price,well 3 months later i FINALLY was able to pick them up.

now before installing i figured i would give them a once over.pulling them apart i found they all had the same yellow grease/wax issue.is was more wax than grease but in much better shape than some of the other people have found.i used mobil 1 synthetic grease and lubed the living **** out of them.i packed as much as i could into every knook and cranny.

well i install everything last nite.boy does she ride nice now.no more noise or wired sounds.and since the struts are newer it ride very nice and handles better.

so with done i would say if you have less than 40k on your stock stuff and dont want to fork out money for CO,take a couple hours and do what i did,re grease the whole thing.its worth it

 

LIC motorsports does this too

 

this might be what ive been trying to find out whats going on with my car mine clunks from 1-22mph and then its gone

 

The factory grease in the struts are junk. Most people re-grease the struts with lithium grease and most if not all the noise is gone. I'm actually in the middle of re-greasing some 04 STi struts to put on my WRX.

Glad to hear of another person re-greasing their struts to be clunk free!!!

 

Link to instructions for re-greasing?

 

a link isnt needed.there 1 nut on the bottom.take it off,pull apart,remove grease,apply grease,tighten nut to 30ftlbs

 

Somewhat correct! Wrxs don't have a nut on the bottom and there also not inverted like the STi is.

 

Yeah, but WRX's don't have the clunking anyways

Is there anything to watch out for? Any parts that are going to go flying out? How tight do I torque the nut upon completion?

 

for my post its 100%since its about a sti w/inverted struts

the strut has a knotch it falls into when putting them together.simple

 

my 07 gonna be hitting 49k soon. ever since i put my new rims on with SAME tires i had before, ive been hearing weird noises, especially when i have more people in the car, mainly in the rear right . when i go over little bumps or driveways, my car aint even LOWERED> perhaps i just need to regrease my struts?. it sounds like something rubbing but its not the tire!



any1 help me out on what the issue might be?

 

so am i looking for when i take this part

 

can some one take pics doing this

 

what am i re greasing when i do this the shock shaft or what

 

there is a grease trap in the strut housing. you grease that and grease up the strut.

If you do a search on nasioc, there is a link somewhere on how to do it and it has pictures.
Search for "strut regrease".