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Old 09-08-2010, 06:19 PM
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Well, I just now noticed this when I tried to put my car on my little ramp things to change my alternator. The drivers side front is almost 1" lower than the passenger side. After I couldn't fit the ramp under there I measured it to the top of the wheel well and sure enough, its around 7/8" lower.

Setup is Konis/stranos, Strano 35mm sway, stock everything else. Wheels are 17/9.5 with 275/40/17 NT555s.

Any ideas why it would be like that? I know for a fact it wasn't like that a few weeks ago right after I put the suspension parts on because I had no problem getting on the same ramps.
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Did you check it after you had the front-end alignment done?
Old 09-09-2010, 03:27 PM
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Has not been aligned yet, I haven't had any time from work when a shop is open. It seems to have sagged after putting some miles on the new setup. I looked under there for a while and couldn't see anything that looked obviously wrong.
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Are both front springs oriented exactly the same on the upper mounts, the front swaybar end-links tightened the same on both sides, is the location where you've taken you measurements flat/level? Try measuring it on some other known flat/level surfaces, just to verify your original measurements. Also check/verify that the lower front spring seats are mounted in the same location (upper snap ring grove).

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All of that is the same, I'll have to look again at the springs but I installed them to be the same way with the end facing the front. Both are in the upper mount.
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Any luck yet?
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Yep, my passenger side spring is turned around backwards. Its on top of the isolator instead of inside the pocket, so that side is riding high. I have to take it back off and turn it around properly. I don't know how it got that way since I made sure to pay attention to that when I installed it.



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