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I just want to check if I am "barking up the right tree" here...
When driving over speed bumps, or potholes round town, I get a loud clunking sound from the front end, and a feeling similar to the suspension bottoming out. The suspension itself seems to be fine, although I can't find any record of the previous owner changing it, so my guess is that it is the orginal suspension. If it has been changed, it would be for an original Ford set (as all repairs on the car have been done at the Ford dealer until I bought it), but I highly doubt it as the previous owner seemed to be a slow driver.
The clunking and the harshness seems to be far more exagerated when the car is cold, especially over the last few weeks when temperatures have been near freezing. When the car warms up it seems to be a lot quieter and smoother.
Am I right in thinking that it may be the bushes that need changing, or am I looking at this wrong?
The handling doesn't seem to be affected, although at higher speeds it does bounce a bit, so maybe a suspension change wouldn't be a bad idea.
Should I think about doing suspension and bushes at the same time, or just do one, test it, then proceed if necessary?
This would be my first time doing suspension on my own, so I will do plenty of research first, but looking at it from a "legal" point of view, I only have a choice of 3 suspensions anyway (other than the original from Ford which is a very expensive alternative here). 2x Blisteins and 1x Monroe, all of which work out at around 500€ for all four (without springs).
The bushes I haven't found yet, but I haven't spent too much time investigating either.
Any advice would be muchly appreciated!
When driving over speed bumps, or potholes round town, I get a loud clunking sound from the front end, and a feeling similar to the suspension bottoming out. The suspension itself seems to be fine, although I can't find any record of the previous owner changing it, so my guess is that it is the orginal suspension. If it has been changed, it would be for an original Ford set (as all repairs on the car have been done at the Ford dealer until I bought it), but I highly doubt it as the previous owner seemed to be a slow driver.
The clunking and the harshness seems to be far more exagerated when the car is cold, especially over the last few weeks when temperatures have been near freezing. When the car warms up it seems to be a lot quieter and smoother.
Am I right in thinking that it may be the bushes that need changing, or am I looking at this wrong?
The handling doesn't seem to be affected, although at higher speeds it does bounce a bit, so maybe a suspension change wouldn't be a bad idea.
Should I think about doing suspension and bushes at the same time, or just do one, test it, then proceed if necessary?
This would be my first time doing suspension on my own, so I will do plenty of research first, but looking at it from a "legal" point of view, I only have a choice of 3 suspensions anyway (other than the original from Ford which is a very expensive alternative here). 2x Blisteins and 1x Monroe, all of which work out at around 500€ for all four (without springs).
The bushes I haven't found yet, but I haven't spent too much time investigating either.
Any advice would be muchly appreciated!