mk1 cabby creaking front susp?

on the way into the office this morning, I noticed a distinct creaking noise coming from the front of the car. when stationary, turning the wheel reproduced something similar. when I got parked up, I popped the bonnet and gave the front a good push down. the noise is coming from the driver's side wheel/suspension somewhere... any ideas what could be causing it

car as in pic - '83 GTI cabby.

cheers peeps

 

Look what i found,may solve your problem Tris

 

LOL, good to see an old friend

can't see how that will help my creaking cabby though!

 

CabrioRags where did you get those fat boy alloys? And is your car lowered and what size are they and will a similar type fit my gti mk1 lowered by 40mm whith no arch work ???

 

In a word 'NO'!

 

on the rear i am running 9x16's et 15 with extended arches and a 40mil drop.

 

No chance mate, serious arch work!

 

You could perhaps get away with no arch work if you bought coilovers and wacked them up to they're highest setting.

That would be funny.

a mk1 country!

 

Lol I guesss ill stick to my normal sized alloys then hehe

 

nice hi-jack there guys

 

sorry tris

 

sorry bout the threadjack,

From my totally uninformed position i would say check all the bolts under there.

I seem to remember something similar happening on my old Nova, creaking when one rear corner pushed down. I think it was one of the springs turning in its mount
Edited by: ManicGTI

 

Try the bolts under the top mounts to see if they have come loose. That happened on mine.