marcusjd Posted May 28, 2021 Report Share Posted May 28, 2021 Hi All. I've have some mild crunching, knocks and 'snooker ball' noises from the front of my 2004 986S when parking and over speed bumps. I'd like these diagnosed correctly so as i don't end up replacing all parts and chasing the issue.. I'm thinking my best bet is to have a diagnosis from a specialist, i can then decide what to do, replace and how/who does what. Looking in my local area (Altrincham, Cheshire) i have: Unit 11, Warrington. Ninemeister, Warrington and Weissach in Middlewich Any suggestions or opinions on this..? or also anyone else that could be recommended.. Thanks for any advice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edc Posted May 28, 2021 Report Share Posted May 28, 2021 You're probably better off posting this in the dealer section with a title asking for experiences with the above 2 Indy's. Sport and Classic owner used to lost in here, are they in that next of the woods? Hartech are near Bolton I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lennym1984 Posted May 28, 2021 Report Share Posted May 28, 2021 The irony here is that the cost for a specialist inspection will probably buy you 50% of the parts you need. It's going to be one or a combination of drop links (£35 a pair), tunings forks (£50 each maybe) and coffin arms (£70 each). Given that they'll all be past their best, I would be tempted to save the money on an inspection and just do a decent refresh. It's a false economy otherwise as you'll end up paying more to do it bit by bit (I tried this approach with my Cayman and probably ended up spending £400+ on multiple alignements). 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcusjd Posted May 28, 2021 Author Report Share Posted May 28, 2021 That's good advice. thanks for that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
½cwt Posted May 28, 2021 Report Share Posted May 28, 2021 I'd go with @Lennym1984's advice. At 17 years old there's a fair chance that the rubber in all the suspension bushes is degraded and that bushes have worn if not worn out. The work and effort that goes into replacing just one type of part at a time given the age of the parts makes a full set a sensible approach rather than repeating that effort and also the geometry checks to do them bit by pit. A set of front coffin arms, drop links, tuning forks, top mounts, ARB bushes and the bump stops will probably be perished too, comes to around £450 if you got to Spyder Performance for the arms and shop wisely for the other bits (Sachs top mounts about £60 on line for a pair, £150 each for the very same part from Porsche for example) so not massively expensive. It is doable DIY if you are that way inclined, lost of info on here including my own thread on doing this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GmanB Posted May 28, 2021 Report Share Posted May 28, 2021 (edited) 7 hours ago, Lennym1984 said: The irony here is that the cost for a specialist inspection will probably buy you 50% of the parts you need. It's going to be one or a combination of drop links (£35 a pair), tunings forks (£50 each maybe) and coffin arms (£70 each). Given that they'll all be past their best, I would be tempted to save the money on an inspection and just do a decent refresh. It's a false economy otherwise as you'll end up paying more to do it bit by bit (I tried this approach with my Cayman and probably ended up spending £400+ on multiple alignements). Can't back this up enough, it's a case of while you are down there replace what you can that's within your budget. You'll probably save a decent amount on labour costs, if you are not doing the work yourself. I bought all the parts myself and paid and indie to do the work bit by bit when I had spare cash. My advice would be save up (if you need to), source the parts yourself and get it all done in one shot. It's horrible to drive while it's like that, I know, but put up with it for a bit if you need to save. Also, it's hard for a service to pick up certain suspension issues as a lot can't be diagnosed until it's under weight and when it is you generally can't see underneath the car! They can only really diagnose major suspension faults or visual issues of split rubber etc. Edited May 28, 2021 by GmanB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bally4563 Posted May 31, 2021 Report Share Posted May 31, 2021 Or you could bring it down to me( Scholar Green) about 30 mins away and let me have a look Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcusjd Posted June 7, 2021 Author Report Share Posted June 7, 2021 Cheers Bally - i'd like to do that. If you could send me a direct message, i'll reply with contact details. Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bally4563 Posted June 9, 2021 Report Share Posted June 9, 2021 On 6/7/2021 at 12:23 PM, marcusjd said: Cheers Bally - i'd like to do that. If you could send me a direct message, i'll reply with contact details. Cheers Pm sent Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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