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Hello, for some reason, i am getting some kind of popping sound from my left front wheel. And before you yell at me to search, i did. The popping is not coming when i turn or anything like that, it happens when i go over a speed bump or i am on a bumpy driveway. I want to know what this is so I can get it looked at ASAP.
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KKM High Flow Intake
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Possibly a broken sway bar mount? Never heard of this happening in the front, but that's what it sounds like...
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That very exact same thing was happening to me. It has something to do with the way the spring is sitting in the strut. I'm not sure what I did but I compressed the spring while it was in the car and fiddled around with the spring then uncompressed it and it hasn't made a noise since. Good luck with figuring that out
Alex
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What do you mean when you say "fiddled around with it"? and how did u go about compressing the spring? by pushing down on the car at that corner?
Thanks,
Brian
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I have the same problem since I put my new springs in. I got it evaluated by my brother (who is a local car technician) and he said its a blown strut. Not a bad thing, just another excuse to have better struts, although I had SVT struts in my SE.
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It's most likely just the spring not sitting properly.
That happened to me when I installed my springs a long time ago. I had the suspension worked on a few months after but nothing got replaced, just reassembled. The car hasn't made the noise since.
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Ok, well I will take it to Ford and have them reassemble the spring setup and see if that fixes the sound. Thanks a lot you guys. Brian 
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Have en look at your front anti-sway bar stabilizers... their prone to wear and make one hell of a racket.
96 LX 3.0L MTX - Black/Tan
K&N; 12lb F/W & uprated clutch
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UN-tuned Mod; 3rd Gear Synro-Crunch Mod
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