Strano springs siting crooked?
#1
Strano springs siting crooked?
I just picked up my car and it has Strano Springs and KYBs (I know... I plan to switch to Konis). I didn't notice it at first, but my car sits crooked! The driver side is about a finger width higher than the passenger side.
Anyone else experienced this or can offer a potential solution?
Anyone else experienced this or can offer a potential solution?
#2
common problem with our cars one side sits a little bit higher.
don't they make adjustable perches? you could make it a little higher or lower on either side. i am pretty sure konis come with htose?
don't they make adjustable perches? you could make it a little higher or lower on either side. i am pretty sure konis come with htose?
#7
They dont need to settle, they've been on for a while. I recently purchased the car like this. I'm not too interested in hearing that 'its common for our cars', I'm interested in whether or not anyone has discovered what causes this, is it a problem with the springs? I'm more interested in correcting a problem than dismissing it as 'common', regardless of how big or small the issue is.
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I just picked up my car and it has Strano Springs and KYBs (I know... I plan to switch to Konis). I didn't notice it at first, but my car sits crooked! The driver side is about a finger width higher than the passenger side.
Anyone else experienced this or can offer a potential solution?
Anyone else experienced this or can offer a potential solution?
#10
By the sound of your post, you had no idea that our cars sit higher. You asked if anyone has experienced this problem and I told you yes, many people have. If you were no longer interested in figuring out if any people had this issue, and you were interested in finding just a solution, you shouldn't of asked if anyone had the same problem. No where in your post did you state that this suspension has been on your car for a while now.
No I havent got the car on jackstands yet. Just getting some feedback on what to look for first.
#15
In regards to my attitude, obviously reading comprehension has failed a few members of this forum.
Excellent, Mature Response. I can see your attitude has changed little. Way to be a productive member. Unknot your panties and don't think everyone is trying to attack you. Had it not been for your second response in this thread where you cocked an attitude I probably wouldn't have felt the need to retort.
I've done that. Results were inconclusive.
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Let me try:
As mentioned, NO car, F-body or otherwise will sit 100% level at all four corners. Why? Well to start with if you were to weigh your car you'd find the weigh on each corner is not the same. Take two springs, add more weight on top of one and it will sit lower.
Also, there are factors like bushings and mounts that wear and have tolerances in them. An upper mount on the front or upper isolator on the rear that is more worn or softer than the other will cause the car to sit lower on that side.
Then you have the factor that involves what springs sit upon. I've seen front arms that are bent, which makes the shock sit higher or lower and since the spring is on the shock... the car sits higher or lower.
I saw a car once that was fine, and a week later it came in with the LR 2" higher than the RR. Why? It went to a dumb shop that tried to jack the car up off the PHB/Spring mount on the LR and they bent it upward by that much.... Same springs in the car before and after. Springs I dislike--wish I could blame them, but I can't.
One finger width? That's nothing and is common (even if you dislike it, that's the way it is) with these cars, even with GM springs. It's less noticeable on stock springs because the fender gap is so much bigger, but it's there.
As mentioned, NO car, F-body or otherwise will sit 100% level at all four corners. Why? Well to start with if you were to weigh your car you'd find the weigh on each corner is not the same. Take two springs, add more weight on top of one and it will sit lower.
Also, there are factors like bushings and mounts that wear and have tolerances in them. An upper mount on the front or upper isolator on the rear that is more worn or softer than the other will cause the car to sit lower on that side.
Then you have the factor that involves what springs sit upon. I've seen front arms that are bent, which makes the shock sit higher or lower and since the spring is on the shock... the car sits higher or lower.
I saw a car once that was fine, and a week later it came in with the LR 2" higher than the RR. Why? It went to a dumb shop that tried to jack the car up off the PHB/Spring mount on the LR and they bent it upward by that much.... Same springs in the car before and after. Springs I dislike--wish I could blame them, but I can't.
One finger width? That's nothing and is common (even if you dislike it, that's the way it is) with these cars, even with GM springs. It's less noticeable on stock springs because the fender gap is so much bigger, but it's there.
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13 SCCA Pro Solo Nationals Championships
2023 UMI King of the Mountain Champion