Hey I had the same problem, but I didn't see a reply on here so I looked around the net and found this great site. It had a lot of info and was really clear on what to do in these situations. Check it out! I saved a lot of money because of them. [:
Heres the link:
http://www.2carpros.com/forum/strut-noise-vt20211.html
Good luck!
-Pandagirll