mcianci

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Hey, I just today got 2 new tires in the rear (my old ones had maybe 1/32"). I had Toyo 285/40?ZR/18 now I have 2 bran new BF Goodrich G-force Super Sport A/S 275/40ZR-18s. They are very close in height.

When I was cleaning my car today (something I do often, as I detail cars), I noticed that the right rear is maybe 1-2" lower than the left rear (parked in my driveway). I moved the car onto the street and it looked better, but I am not sure. I will have to try to get pictures tomorrow.

I got the tires installed at Discount Tires, where I watched every move they made through the window. The only thing that I can think of was that when they lowered the car (with 2 floor jacks), the left side was up in the air longer than the other, possibly making much extra weight on one spring, the one with the height too low.

I do not have any extra weight in the rear right (spare and jack, as usual), and I do not have lowered suspension. I do have UMI lower control arms, adj. TA w/ reloc., ph bar, sf conn., and strut tower brace.

Why might my right rear be 1-2" lower than my left rear? Please give me input, This problem must be new, because I KNOW that I would have noticed before - no question there. I am going back to the tire place tomorrow to ask them about it, but chances are they didn't do anything.

spy2520

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i dont think jacking the car will ever affect spring height unless you have the oldest most rusted salt corroded springs ever. Can you get a look under the car and see if anything looks abnormal?

mcianci

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My car is a southern car with less than 35k on th clock, so there is no corrosion or anything like that. I looked underneath and I saw nothing out of the ordinary. I didn't inspect closesly, but I definitely didn't see anything that grabbed my attention. I will try to get pictures up tomorrow comparing left and right, and some shots underneath.

The Alchemist

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Every single 4th gen I have seen has the passenger side sitting anywhere from 3/4-1" lower than the driver's side. Some people say it's so that when you get in the car, it will level out, but I don't buy it.

I've got the same thing, and it drive's me nutz sometimes.

Cold Zero

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I was having this issue with many lowered cars when replacing the tires .. but it need some miles on it to back normal ! ..

mcianci

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Thanks guys. I believe I am like every other guy on this forum who knows every square inch of his car, and I never have noticed it before. I looked through my pictures of the car and before it was definitely right (maybe a little bit off, but it looked perfectly fine). I have a few pictures now and you can see it's like an inch off. Hopefully after some more miles are put on her the height will get better.

Sorry, I can't figure out how to insert the pictures I just took, but in two, I compare the height with a tape measure and you can see that there is about 1.25" difference - very noticeable.

keith_AE2010

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Go sit some blocks on the left side hump for a few days. Or just drive it hard, it will settle. Or, just gut the whole interior like me and the car will sit a few inches higher.

spy2520

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i havent seen it much on camaros, but i've seen it on plenty birds.

ZexGX

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I've seen it on all F-bodies, including mine. I reduced it a little by doing the hose mod on on the drivers side rear and using an LT1 isolator on the passenger side rear - but I feel that if I used an LS1 isolator on the passenger side rear with the hose modded drivers side rear, then that would resolve the "gangster lean" issue for stock ride height applications...

Major_Lee_Slow

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After jacking and lowering my vehicle I usually stand on the door sill and "jump" up and down to settle the suspension. I do it on both sills and I can return the vehicle to it's regular ride height. Note I only have 2 rubber bushings in the whole suspension so this works very well, YMMV.