thanks to you guys for all of your help so far, I'm getting a lot of stuff answered! anyways, when taking sharper right turns, my left side will hit the fender, and when going over bumps, i hear a creaking, when turning while not moving, i also hear a pop every once in a while. I've checked my strut bearings, with the car jacked up, i lifted up on the wheel and got a few mm of movement in the mount on top. would this warrant a new bearing? the car handles left turns much better with no hitting whatsoever, and that bearing shows about half of the play up and down. never really done any suspension work before, so I'm learning as I go.
The more movement you have in the upper strut mount the higher the wheel will travel up. You may also want to check your swaybar links and also the swaybar mount bushings that attach the bar to the frame. My car has the same symptoms week left front suspension. Ideally you want to remove the front strut and replace the bumpstop too but you would need a spring compressor for that. My old bumpstops of off a set of front suspension I am restoring. I'm sure the left front suspension I am currently running has no bumpstop left at all. Although you say its hitting your fender do you really mean fender or inner plastic liner. The liners do tend to sag a bit due to missing/broken bolts.
sorry about the long wait, had the car jacked up today to investigate a steering fluid leak, and while the car was on stands, i was able to compress the spring in the left front with my hand... so i guess i need new springs. I'll find some at a pick&pull seeing as I don't really want to lower it. Now onto the endeavor of electrical problems....
