nation

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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

code3suby

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LIC motorsports does this too

norcalwrx916

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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

MindzeyeWRX02

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!!!

VRT MBasile

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Link to instructions for re-greasing?

nation

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

C89ZX7R

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

VRT MBasile

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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?

nation

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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

Retro707

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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?

norcalwrx916

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so am i looking for when i take this part

norcalwrx916

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can some one take pics doing this

norcalwrx916

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

MindzeyeWRX02

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".