libertyforall1776

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My RS' Front Passenger Side sits about an inch or so lower than the driver side after SLP Bilstein Install, and I am uncertain as to why. My gut says that since the stock shock was disconnected due to a failed strut mount, the passenger side spring took a beating? Does anyone else concur, or what else might it be?

TIA!

CLRD4TO

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Id guess one of the springs isnt seated correctly. Jack it back up and look carefully at every spring.

Swiat34

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The fat chick in the passenger seat maybe?

Arc00TA

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I had the same problem and I realized when I put it together the spring rotated so it didn't sit in the rubber holder right, and was causing one side to be too high, not the other to be too low.

libertyforall1776

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Thanks for the inputs. So the side with the spring rotated was the high side, correct? In your case was it the spring isolator or strut mount side or both where the spring was rotated?

Arc00TA

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The bottom one, the spring cup. There is a fairly tall lump of rubber to grab the end of the spring coil, and the tail of it was up on there so it made it about an inch higher. Just figured I'd throw it out there since its easy to check for.

99Bluz28

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Were the lower shock bolt holes facing out towards the wheels or in towards the engine before you bolted the bottom of the shocks down (they should both be the same up front)?
Mount them both with the lower shock bolt holes facing out towards the top of the wheels. This was a issue I had years ago when I first put some Bilsteins on the front of my car.

libertyforall1776

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I installed both sides where the lower bolt holes angled in towards the engine, which seemed to be the way it was designed. If you install it the other way, then you have to mount the bolts, then bend it inward which seemed counterintuitive.

If I understand correctly, you are saying I should have done the opposite? If so, what would indicate this or how did you come to that understanding? Bilstein has no details that points this out...

99Bluz28

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Okay, maybe I've got it backwards A long as you did both side the same your good then, but if you had both side different it could cause a height difference between the L&R side.

libertyforall1776

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I checked the spring location on both driver and passenger side upper and lower isolators -- and the spring is in the proper spot - right next to the bump stopper... Next idea?

Only thing on the driver side was I had to twist the upper control arm a bit to get the bolts through the holes for the strut mount -- could that little twisting have caused this issue? Apparently I didn't have it lined up perfect before tightening the mount nut.

99Bluz28

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No, I really don't think so.
Have you checked the swaybar endlinks, bent, tightened more or less then the other side?
I would also check both front sway bar mounts for any issues.

riceburnerZ28

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Make sure you didn't tighten the strut mount bolt down to much.

tillery

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Maybe cause the battery is on that side? How much lower is it? Did you let the suspension settle before looking for answers?

leadfoot4

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I had Bilsteins on my car for several years, but I've forgotten.....are there two different locations for the lower spring perch to sit? If so, are they both in the same location?