Hello, I have a 2000 white ex coupe stick shift that i bought back in September 2004 with 52,000 miles on it.

It now has 57,000 on it....Nice small car, very sharp looking.

Some questions now:

1. When I stand behind my car about 30+ feet, i notice that the drivers side is lower then the passenger side. What can cause this? I checked the tire pressure and it was fine, and the car was sitting on level ground, so that isnt the cause.

2. It may be my imagination but when i go over potholes/bumps, i hear a noise coming from the rear passenger wheel/tire area of car......could this have anything to do with the unlevel problem?

I am guessing maybe a mispositioned rear spring, or broken strut/shock.

 

are there any modifications done? do you still have the stock wheels and tires?

 

i havent done any mods, or as far as i know, none have been done.

the dealer i bought it from said they put new tires on it.
wheels are stock.

 

is it a "pssst" sounds? if so i think its the shocks, my 00 civic does that when i go over speed bumps

 

not exactly sure what kind of noise it is....but i think it comes from the passenger side of the rear.

 

most likely to be suspuntion geometry in one way or another. cheak bushes springs and shocks to start with.

 

i would say your suspension is messed up and would have the shocks and struts checked out

 

how heavy was the previous driver? as far as the noise in the back, i would say that if its a squeaking sound, could be bad bushings on your control arm

 

sounds more like metal hitting metal....kind of hard to explain.

gonna get it checked out friday hopefully.

whats the difference between a strut and a shock?

 

i am starting to think it is coming from the upper strut mount area.......how do you get excess to this area? under carpet in trunk?