Left rear rattle/clunk

H3br3w_Ham3r

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2008 Mazdaspeed3
Installed my BC coilovers and SPC camber links the other day. Today I noticed a rattle/clunk over bumps in the left rear. Put the car in the air and tightened every bolt in sight and its still there. Removed trunk pieces such as the jack and wrench to see if the stiffer ride was causing them to vibrate but thats not it either. The swaybar is off center but it was like that before I installed the BC's. Anyone have any ideas?
 
Try tightening the top nut on top of the shock.

I solved the issue. Thought it was the top of the shock tower so we re-seated it and noise was still there. Then we tightened every bolt we could find. Made sure the camber links were in there tight. Put cardboard inside between the fabric and metal and still had the issue. Turns out the nut at the bottom of the shock tower, not the one that holds it to the car but allows adjustments, was not tight at all and was free to be twisted. Tightened it up and problem solved. Proly should've done that when we installed them but all better now!
 

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