Creaking from passenger wheel (lowered on H/R springs)

[TSupra]

Hello, I have a creaking sound that appears when turning the wheel to the left. I was wondering if anyone has any idea of what this sound may be coming from.
Thanks!

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[exe36m3]

Strut top mount, ball joint comes to mind.

How many miles are on the car?
Any recent work done?

 

[Rensuhlo]

I'd check the upper strut mount. Black donut looking device that sits between the strut and the top hat.

 

[TSupra]

Strut top mount, ball joint comes to mind.

How many miles are on the car?
Any recent work done?

Car only has 29k miles and no recent work just a brake fluid flush.

 

[concept]

Who installed the springs? I'm guessing that you did; otherwise, you would've taken your car back for inspection and correction.

 

[exe36m3]

Car only has 29k miles and no recent work just a brake fluid flush.

@Rensuhlo and I have similar ideas.
At those miles, neither top mount or ball joint should be making noise, but parts do come from the factory defective from time to time.

But from the video, it sounds like the top strut mount bearings as I had some collapse and grind on other BMW cars.
(Ball joint tends to squeak from my experience).

 

[i3igpete]

Best bet is to just jack it up and take the wheel off and turn the Hub back and forth by hand. To me, it sounds more like a lower ball joint, but that's because I had an IS300 which goes through those like every two years or so.

 

[TSupra]

The ca

Who installed the springs? I'm guessing that you did; otherwise, you would've taken your car back for inspection and correction.

The car had them installed back in 2021 when I bought it but it just recently starts making the sounds. The sound doesn’t appear all the time but just after I take corners hard. If driven normally sound is non existent.

 

[TSupra]

@Rensuhlo and I have similar ideas.
At those miles, neither top mount or ball joint should be making noise, but parts do come from the factory defective from time to time.

But from the video, it sounds like the top strut mount bearings as I had some collapse and grind on other BMW cars.
(Ball joint tends to squeak from my experience).

Does it only squeak just when you turn your wheel or making a hard left?

 

[concept]

The ca

The car had them installed back in 2021 when I bought it but it just recently starts making the sounds. The sound doesn’t appear all the time but just after I take corners hard. If driven normally sound is non existent.

Ah, then I would suspect that years of vibration had loosened a component. After a few years of use with Eibach springs in my previous car, a squeaking noise pointed to a slightly loose bolt or nut. The shop that installed them, along with Koni shocks, tightened the bolts up at no charge.

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