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When driving around the streets I'm experiencing a lot of wheel thump..it's not crashing or bashing as such so not drop links etc afaik but could it.be arb bushes? Any other ideas?

It's 130k 98 c2. No evidence of dampers been changed in that time from service history.
 
does it happen when you change up a gear or on acceleration ? if so - engine mount ,
 
I've had a small fire extinguisher rolling round in the front boot and that sounded just like an ARB bush or something similar. Took me a day or so before I realised.
 
Rockunrolla said:
does it happen when you change up a gear or on acceleration ? if so - engine mount ,
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No, it's literally just as I'm driving over imperfections in the road. I can see where you're coming from with this idea though......
 
alex yates said:
I've had a small fire extinguisher rolling round in the front boot and that sounded just like an ARB bush or something similar. Took me a day or so before I realised.
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I've a few things in the 'frunk' so I'll see if removal does anything to reduce the thumping. I'm not sure it will but worth a try.
 
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