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<blockquote data-quote="exdeath" data-source="post: 8537743" data-attributes="member: 56343"><p>There should be nothing under there to thud into anything.</p><p></p><p>Is it lowered? Check hood clearance and signs of the hood contacting the top of the strut shaft.</p><p></p><p>Does it make the thud with the hood open? The "piston" should not be moving at all relative to the mount/bearing. It should be fixed solid to the bearing in the top plate, as controlled by the torque in the top nut on the shaft.</p><p></p><p>The only thing it might be hitting if installed properly, without coilovers, is if the alignment is extreme and the shaft is too close to the strut tower sheet metal.</p><p></p><p>Any other problem is either in the CC plates or the strut, or the strut tower itself.</p><p></p><p>The lower plates are also supposed to be installed with washers which act to isolate the flat plates over the strut tower sheet metal to accomodate out of plane tolerances in the tower mounting holes by "floating" the plate, especially plates that require drilling a 4th hole. It's possible you don't have these washers and you are hearing the plates shift around on the bare strut tower that is slightly out of plane.</p><p></p><p>Can't really be anything else, there isn't a whole lot in there.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="exdeath, post: 8537743, member: 56343"] There should be nothing under there to thud into anything. Is it lowered? Check hood clearance and signs of the hood contacting the top of the strut shaft. Does it make the thud with the hood open? The "piston" should not be moving at all relative to the mount/bearing. It should be fixed solid to the bearing in the top plate, as controlled by the torque in the top nut on the shaft. The only thing it might be hitting if installed properly, without coilovers, is if the alignment is extreme and the shaft is too close to the strut tower sheet metal. Any other problem is either in the CC plates or the strut, or the strut tower itself. The lower plates are also supposed to be installed with washers which act to isolate the flat plates over the strut tower sheet metal to accomodate out of plane tolerances in the tower mounting holes by "floating" the plate, especially plates that require drilling a 4th hole. It's possible you don't have these washers and you are hearing the plates shift around on the bare strut tower that is slightly out of plane. Can't really be anything else, there isn't a whole lot in there. [/QUOTE]
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