Driver side sits lower no matter what? WTF?
#1
Driver side sits lower no matter what? WTF?
This car has been driving me nuts, I ******* wish it would burst into flames and die.
No matter what I do the driver side sits lower. I've had all sorts of different parts on it and nothing corrects it, short of airbags, which I don't want to use and even if I did it would be preloading the wrong side. Current setup is:
Stock (cut) springs
TRZ ARB
QA1's
Car has subframe connectors, etc.
I tried setting the ARB up "neutral" with me in the car, tire rubbed badly on drivers side. Took sway bar loose and car leans terribly to drivers side, basically undriveable. Severe tire rub. So bad last night the tire caught the plastic piece on the driver side and ripped it out (the part by the fuel fill tube). I tried swapping springs out back today as I figured the drivers side collapsed, it still leans. It was so twisted last night I couldn't get the passenger T top back in.
I'm pissed, WTF could cause this? We've eliminated springs, shocks, ARB, tire psi, etc. The front is almost level, right now the driver side is 1" lower out back. Car looks ridiculous, and is undriveable.
No matter what I do the driver side sits lower. I've had all sorts of different parts on it and nothing corrects it, short of airbags, which I don't want to use and even if I did it would be preloading the wrong side. Current setup is:
Stock (cut) springs
TRZ ARB
QA1's
Car has subframe connectors, etc.
I tried setting the ARB up "neutral" with me in the car, tire rubbed badly on drivers side. Took sway bar loose and car leans terribly to drivers side, basically undriveable. Severe tire rub. So bad last night the tire caught the plastic piece on the driver side and ripped it out (the part by the fuel fill tube). I tried swapping springs out back today as I figured the drivers side collapsed, it still leans. It was so twisted last night I couldn't get the passenger T top back in.
I'm pissed, WTF could cause this? We've eliminated springs, shocks, ARB, tire psi, etc. The front is almost level, right now the driver side is 1" lower out back. Car looks ridiculous, and is undriveable.
#3
Don't know if this might be your problem or not, but I had a similar issue when setting up my car. Mine turned out to be the torque arm hitting the tunnel back by the rear end after I lowered it. I had to jack it up, massage the tunnel back with a hammer, and then my issues were over. Mine was sitting high on the drivers side as your describing.
I see you're running a 12 bolt, mine was with a 9", but, hey... you never know.
I see you're running a 12 bolt, mine was with a 9", but, hey... you never know.
#4
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Car had the crap beat out of it, prior to mods such as roll bar, connectors?
Roll bar/cage in it? If so, welded in w/ body tweaked?
Frame connectors in crooked?
Car totalled and "rebuilt"?
LCA's bent, locked up?
Rear end hsg bent?
Take it to a GOOD frame shop. They can instrument it, and check all the measure points used when the car was built.
Roll bar/cage in it? If so, welded in w/ body tweaked?
Frame connectors in crooked?
Car totalled and "rebuilt"?
LCA's bent, locked up?
Rear end hsg bent?
Take it to a GOOD frame shop. They can instrument it, and check all the measure points used when the car was built.
#5
The car has subframes and everything, although I am still suprised it flexed enough to make the t top hard to get in. Once I swapped the springs the t top went in fine. I'm going to lower the right front today and see what happens, probably get the car scaled real soon too. Its been on an alignment rack and I know its straight as far as the frame and how the subframes were welded and stuff.