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Old 04-02-2009, 08:49 PM
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Anyone else's car site lower in the passenger side rear then the driver side? I saw a thread about it some time ago and cant seem to find it. I thought it was the springs but i just put lowering springs and the drivers side is still higher...im not talking about 1/4"..im talking like more than an inch. Anyone know why this happens and how to fix it?
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humm is there a fix?
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I'm pretty sure it has something to do with the panhard bar, someone correct me if I'm wrong.
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Ok im a bringing this up from the dead. It have been 5 months since i put these springs on. I figure this should be enough time for them to settle. My passenger side rear now sits about an inch lower then the drives side rear. This really looks bad. Anyone know what causes this or what the fix is. I have tried rotating springs, swaping shocks, disconecting sway bar, and disconnecting the panhard rod and still the same. Any thoughts?
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Ive heard this is normal. For the car to level out with a driver in the driver seat
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i know they are supposed to sit slightly higher on the driverside so that when someone sits in the car its supposed to level out....but i dont know if its supposed to be more than an inch like you're having. both my cars sit higher on the driverside....both are lowered but my ws.6 sit up a little higher on the driverside than my Formula does. and neither one of them are more than an inch differance from the other side.
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take out the rubber isolator on the drivers side, leave the passenger side on.
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Try getting someone of your same weight to sit in it and measure again. Of course that does not help if you have a passenger in the car as well....you'll be right back where you started.
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Originally Posted by TNTramair
i know they are supposed to sit slightly higher on the driverside so that when someone sits in the car its supposed to level out....but i dont know if its supposed to be more than an inch like you're having. both my cars sit higher on the driverside....both are lowered but my ws.6 sit up a little higher on the driverside than my Formula does. and neither one of them are more than an inch differance from the other side.
its caused by a bent or crookedly welded on perch on the rear axel.

cheap fix: buy drag bags for around 100 bucks to adjust the heght

expensive: buy a 9inch or 12 bolt
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Originally Posted by xBROKEx
its caused by a bent or crookedly welded on perch on the rear axel.

cheap fix: buy drag bags for around 100 bucks to adjust the heght

expensive: buy a 9inch or 12 bolt
Mine does the same thing. I'm planning on getting a 12 bolt soon but I have 86k miles on mine. I have heard that eventually the subframes can get out of whack from romping it and hard launches.

Does this hold any merit? How can you check the car to still see if it's true?



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