clunking

[freak customs]

while driving i hear a "clunking" under the front (mostly left side) every time i hit even a ripple in the road... the bigger the bump, the bigger the clunk. also, when i turn right into my driveway and hit the small bump at the beginning i get a loud "bang" almost like it's turning a direction it's not meant to. i'm looking at either struts, ball joints, or control arm bushings bad but i can't manage to re-create the noise even slightly when the car is off the ground. when i shake the wheel vertically there's no play... horizontally there's no play. this leads me to struts but at $700 for koni's (won't bother with oe) i don't wanna make the mistake of replacing and still having the noise.

any help or suggestions to confirm strut noise, etc would be helpful.