my "new" 98 cobra rattle trap edition help!
3/23/05, 11:55 PM
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I just purchased a 98 cobra on ebay and flew 900 miles and drove back with her. darn is she a rattle trap. My question is....is this normal......there is a popping sound from the doorjamb when i go over pretty much any bump in the road. the dash rattles like crazy too and when I hit cracks or expansion joints in the road the whole car makes a pronounced rattling, squeeking thud! the car was lowered and I replaced the shocks/struts immediately, but I wanted to make sure I didnt pick up a bad car. Ive got an 04 mach1 and its pretty quiet, but its also only a year old. do these things really rattle that bad after 70k miles? thanks for any help.
3/24/05, 01:05 AM
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70k and alot of rattles?? Did you check the car out to make sure it hasnt been wrecked. Some subframes might help out, but they also might stiffen the car up and cause whatever is rattling now to rattle worse. Subframes on a new car are a great great great addition for this purpose.
3/24/05, 01:23 AM
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Originally posted by Scothew@March 24, 2005, 2:08 AM
70k and alot of rattles?? Did you check the car out to make sure it hasnt been wrecked. Some subframes might help out, but they also might stiffen the car up and cause whatever is rattling now to rattle worse. Subframes on a new car are a great great great addition for this purpose.
70k and alot of rattles?? Did you check the car out to make sure it hasnt been wrecked. Some subframes might help out, but they also might stiffen the car up and cause whatever is rattling now to rattle worse. Subframes on a new car are a great great great addition for this purpose.
3/24/05, 06:31 AM
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I have a 1998 GT with 71,000 miles that doesn't rattle at all...And it DID have a wreck (mostly upper body/hood)...If it's been repainted it may have been smacked in the side which may loosen more stuff IMO...
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well i know with a frined of mines 95, which is pretty low, and before he got new shocks/struts, and hit a bad bump, the car would hit HARD, because he had a stock pinion snubber, which was too long of course since he lowered it.
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Originally posted by plaidfinger@March 24, 2005, 12:58 AM
I just purchased a 98 cobra on ebay and flew 900 miles and drove back with her. darn is she a rattle trap. My question is....is this normal......there is a popping sound from the doorjamb when i go over pretty much any bump in the road. the dash rattles like crazy too and when I hit cracks or expansion joints in the road the whole car makes a pronounced rattling, squeeking thud! the car was lowered and I replaced the shocks/struts immediately, but I wanted to make sure I didnt pick up a bad car. Ive got an 04 mach1 and its pretty quiet, but its also only a year old. do these things really rattle that bad after 70k miles? thanks for any help.
I just purchased a 98 cobra on ebay and flew 900 miles and drove back with her. darn is she a rattle trap. My question is....is this normal......there is a popping sound from the doorjamb when i go over pretty much any bump in the road. the dash rattles like crazy too and when I hit cracks or expansion joints in the road the whole car makes a pronounced rattling, squeeking thud! the car was lowered and I replaced the shocks/struts immediately, but I wanted to make sure I didnt pick up a bad car. Ive got an 04 mach1 and its pretty quiet, but its also only a year old. do these things really rattle that bad after 70k miles? thanks for any help.
3/30/05, 10:28 PM
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I've got a 95 GT with 140k and I dont have any rattles. Back a year or so ago I heard something banging under the rear of the car, come to find out, the sway bar was broken. Bought me a new Steeda sway bar and fixed it right up.
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i have a 92 and it doesnt rattle enough to be annoying 
but i would definitely have it checked out. it could have been wrecked and not reported. not all insurance companies report to carfax. or they could have fixed it themselves. none of the 96 and up mustangs me or my family have bought rattled.
but i would definitely have it checked out. it could have been wrecked and not reported. not all insurance companies report to carfax. or they could have fixed it themselves. none of the 96 and up mustangs me or my family have bought rattled.
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