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Alright, after a day or two of driving I found out what that noise was. Apparently the driver's side front wheel well has less room than the passenger side (which is the side they did the test fit on). I've been hearing a loud cracking sound every once in awhile, while backing up to the left. I found out that what this sound is are these plastic slats (sort of like window shades) cracking off from my tire rubbing on them. There is a large plate of plastic slats to the front of that left-side wheel well. About 5 of them have cracked off so far.
Does anyone know what these slats are for? They don't seem super protective since there's about an inch of space between each one of them, but since they're angled maybe they keep rocks from flying forward to hit the stuff behind the plastic slats. Anyway, I hope that having 5 or 6 of the slats missing isn't a big deal. It looks like the tire makes (or made) contact in a very specific spot, and that now that these slats are gone it won't continue to smack them.
Any thoughts?
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02-07-2010, 03:55 PM
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