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Title: front driver\'s side sits slightly higher?
Post by: jackaleks on June 26, 2010, 02:37:26 PM

just noticed this the other day... unloaded, the driver\'s side sits about a 1/4 inch higher at the front than the passenger; the rear sits at the same height on both sides.

suspension is Tein SS and measuring from the bottom of the thread to the bottom of the perch, both are within 1mm of each other. damping is set the same both sides. would a bit of professional alignment/corner weighting sort this out?

Title: front driver\'s side sits slightly higher?
Post by: jackaleks on June 30, 2010, 08:49:22 AM

bump :)

anyone else have this problem, or am i just a massive retard?

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Post by: yehreally on June 30, 2010, 09:06:11 AM

understand this happens quite a bit :yes

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Post by: marcusd666 on June 30, 2010, 11:08:52 AM

I change my suspension over last month and noticed that the passenger side does sit slightly lower. Had it fully realigned at WGT they never said anything about it so guess its ok?

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Post by: Speedline Imports on June 30, 2010, 11:56:24 AM

Possibly to offset the weight of a driver?

Title: front driver\'s side sits slightly higher?
Post by: jackaleks on July 01, 2010, 09:53:16 AM

Quote from: Speedline Imports;702079Possibly to offset the weight of a driver?

that\'s what i thought, but my weight is nowhere near enough to bring it level.

ah well, the car drives fine, it\'s just irritating!

Title: front driver\'s side sits slightly higher?
Post by: marcusd666 on July 01, 2010, 09:56:53 AM

Quote from: jackaleks;702208that\'s what i thought, but my weight is nowhere near enough to bring it level

Looks like we need to eat more pies then :Giggle:Giggle:Giggle

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Post by: SiH on July 03, 2010, 10:48:56 PM

It\'s just due to variations in the spring and weight distribution of the car.
To set the ride height don\'t do it by measuring on the shock, do it by measuring the wheel arch gap with a \'usual\' payload - i.e. weight of driver in seat, normal load of fuel, etc :)

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Post by: karl_tate on July 04, 2010, 07:41:26 PM

haha, ive got the same problem.

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Post by: super27 on August 12, 2010, 10:09:59 PM

Talking to a mate about this as my FD sits the same. Now my chum sets up racing cars for a living and he said before setting up ride hight on coil overs you must have your caster angles checked. Do NOT measure from the body work or wheel arch measure from the top of the strut to the centre of the hub measuring the spring or counting threads etc does not work as no two springs are the same.

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Post by: AtomicRex on August 12, 2010, 10:57:50 PM

I had a problem with this.....one side was over an inch taller...

I had the chassis checked, and it turned out that the front subframe was bent! Bought a new one and it was perfect again :)

Title: front driver\'s side sits slightly higher?
Post by: jackaleks on August 13, 2010, 03:07:31 PM

Quote from: AtomicRex;710430I had a problem with this.....one side was over an inch taller...

I had the chassis checked, and it turned out that the front subframe was bent! Bought a new one and it was perfect again :)

yikes... hopefully that\'s not my problem.

i just went and bought some better coilies with full length adjustment, not just spring perches. hopefully i can even it out with them.

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