Squeak/Chirp noise from suspension over heavy bumps...

[Pumpkinheeed]

Wondering if anyone can put my mind to rest.
The Series 1 111s I bought a couple of weeks ago is running like a dream... one slight issue is when I go over a pot hole or a particularly large bump in the road I can her a short sharp Squeak/Chirp type noise coming from the suspension. Is this just the original Konis beginning to ware or possibly the rubber bushes in need of repair/replacement?

Any help is much appreciated.

P.S.
Booked in for a full C service in 2 weeks with JPS in Newcastle. £490 for the lot. Not bad I thought!

[toxic frog]

chirps are quite healthy...

elise suspension is noisy at the best of times... if the back end makes sounds like billiard balls crashing about, then your ball-joints probably need replacing.

if in doubt, stick a set of S2 suspension in there... much cheaper than Nitrons or Ohlins and will be like night & day in comparison with the standard S1 111S suspension which feels like a 4x4 (well in comparison with LSS it does!)

congrats with the purchase

[Pumpkinheeed]

Good stuff!

Am going to wait for the Konis to go the distance before upgrading to the Series 2 suspension.
Only other mods I'm after are a nice Hurricane and a Larini back box.

[piooly]

Its perfectly normal especially for the LSS koni suspension which is the Lotus sports suspension upgrade which lotus sell. Its just something that they do, nothing ot worry about !

[mahju]

Congrats on the purchase

Pumpkinheeed said:

... one slight issue is when I go over a pot hole or a particularly large bump in the road I can her a short sharp Squeak/Chirp type noise coming from the suspension. Is this just the original Konis beginning to ware or possibly the rubber bushes in need of repair/replacement?

I recently had a chirpy noise and a knocking noise.
Chirpy supposedly was handbreak lead (werid huh), but the knowing was the steering rack (doh!)

So in summary, it makes noise, but like above, chirpy good, clunky bad