Fox vanilla rlc twang on compression

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I've been putting together a bike for my youngest today, giving him pic of parts to throw at it. The forks best suited for the build are done fox vanilla rlc 130mm forks. They have been sat a while but seems to be in decent shape bar some paint scuffs here and there which I'll touch up a bit.

All the dials work, rebound, compression, lockout and Lockout threshold, the only thing that concerns me is a slight twang on compression.

I'm keen to know what this may be as I don't want the fork to fail or lunch itself as it's decent and the only one I have that suits the build.

Anyone know their way around these forks that can help diagnose the sound?

Pic of the build so far and the forks in question.

Yes, my shed is a mess.
 

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Have you pulled the spring out to check it? Is there much preload on it? If not, could be it’s just not seated properly on the top cap until it starts to compress.
 
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