I got a HUGE pot hole yesterday and I had this clunking sound coming from the front of the car when I go over irregularities. Thinking that I had a blown strut or strut mount I decided to buy new shocks, springs and bump stops ( I've been wanting to do this for a while anyways ) and I inspected the strut mounts and they looked perfect and both sides looks identical. I put everything back together but the noise is still there. I looked over EVERYTHING in the front suspension and I can't see anything wrong. I even put new sway bar bushings ( one was broken ) and the noise is still there.

I don't know if anyone has had a strut mount go bad even though it looked good. Is it possible?

 

No struts on the 350Z or the G35.

 

If I said shock absorber mount would that make the noise go away?

 

the noise could literally be anything. Best bet is putting the car on a lift and going through everything

 

I know, that's what really sucks. I tried pushing the car down and up and could not replicate the noise. I lifted the front end and started to visually inspect parts and could not see anything abnormal. I even pried at bushings with a pry bar and everything seemed fine. I spent over 5 hours on this today and solved nothing.

 

The upper shock perch is the last thing i would be looking at.

I would first check your front sway bar endlinks/connections and frame mounts, lower shock connection to arm, and main upper shock nut to ensure tightness.

Keep in mind that although all these points may look and feel tight...they still might not be.