Nasty squeeks and rattles

[chrisstrouduk]

yea i get squeeking too its annoying
so
i turn my music up  and pretend it never happened

[spankyVR6]

I FIXED IT!!! 

it was the edge of the seat back rattling against the suspension turret bit. whacked a bit of carpet in their temporarily (yeah, right) and it stopped. now all i got to do is get the sqeuking steering fixed.

I have the same, think I'll try this. was it the passenger side? That's where mine sounds like it's coming from. The frequency of the squeak is such that it won't get drowned out by music unless you try to blow the speakers!

[monkeyalan]

yeah, it disappeared for months then came back with a vengeance 

all good now tho'. just gotta get the topmounts or whatever done and i'll be a happy rattle n squeak free chappy ( for about a week when i imagine the heatshield will come loose again  ).

[Len]

My heatshield is about to fall off I'm sure! The manifold one that is!
Its making totally different noises now and at different revs! Low and high.

[monkeyalan]

i think we're supposed to call it character  

[raylee25]

I have a 1997 Golf 16v which has been lowered by 35mm and has a Miltek exhaust fitted.  The problem is that if I have a back seat passenger. the exhaust bangs on the back axle. I'm using the standard rubber hangers with large cable ties wrapped around them to stop them from stretching, but this still doesn't work.  Does anyone have any ideas to stop this?

[Len]

How was it lowered? Shorter springs are usually stiffer so you shouldnt be having that problem.
Also has the Milltec system been fitted correctly? Bends in the right place etc??

[raylee25]

The car is lowered by using the spax fixed rate kit which is a 35mm drop all around.  The exhaust was fitted by Awesome GTI  so I assume the bends are in the right places. They also re-checked it 3 weeks after I got the exhaust fitted.