blnewt

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How many miles on your SPC arms? and what conditions have they been subjected to?
Just curious.

mdaaboul313

To be honest with you, I dont know exact mileage, but it's right around 20,000 miles. As for the condition, I have BC coilovers and im not too low, just tucking my tires and I avoid bumps lol. This picture is how I sit right now.

KAHBOOM

iTrader: (4)

how much was the ball joint? And did you get it from SPC?

BTW blnewt, I have had my camber kit since June 2010.. I have 93000 miles on my car.. I started hearing the issue last year.

mdaaboul313

I got it from Luke at thmotorsports. It was $80 shipped

mdaaboul313

I also inquired about the bushings for the SPC camber arm. He told me they would be $17 for a pair plus $8 shipping.
1 arm= $25.00
2 arms= $42.00

AUR11

I have swift springs, and everything else oem. I am getting an annoying creak described in the first post, especially when it is cold out. I can't seem to find anything wrong with the car either.

KAHBOOM

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Interesting that you are getting that with just the swift springs. My issue started out on Tanabe springs.. So i gave it a shot and replaced the springs to see if anything improved.. Still had the same issue (so I got some Tanabe Springs for sale lol) ...
Now I am replacing my camber kit with SPL, and am also going to replace my tie rod ends with beefier ones as well. (as I was getting a slight knock sound in the heat associated with steering..) If that doesn't touch the noises I am at a loss .. struts have been replaced too

But I am hoping it is related to the camber kit and the ball joint.. perhaps replacing out everything with new will correct the issue.

botlfed98

iTrader: (11)

ugh mine just started to make a noise, almost like a rubbing...I'm on swifts as well

serega13

iTrader: (2)

Mine turned out to be just a case of Hotchkiss sway bar bushings needed to be lubricated. They require lubrication about once a year or so unlike stock sway bars. Also any suspension creaking usually gets worse in the cold.

botlfed98

iTrader: (11)

are you saying stock sway bars don't require any lubricating or they just don't require it once a year?

mdaaboul313

there arent grease fittings on the stock sway bars

serega13

iTrader: (2)

I don't think stock ones require lubrication, at least I've never had to do it on a number of Infiniti and Nissan cars.

vqsmile

That is correct, but that is not to say that you can't extend the number of years you can successfully use them (without them making noise) by popping them open and adding a little silicon grease as they age.

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KAHBOOM

iTrader: (4)

My noise went away after replacing my SPC camber kit with an SPL camber kit

mdaaboul313

so it was probably the ball joints like it was on mine.