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Old 09-30-2013, 02:41 PM
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I recently had stranos installed with stock shocks, drove for about 15 miles then had the car jacked up to work on calipers, the drivers side was jacked up all through the night where the other wasn't, now the car sits lower on the passenger side. this was about a week ago. Will it eventually settle back?
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These cars almost always sit lower on the passenger side to begin with, you just don't notice because there's so much wheel gap. It could have nothing to do with the springs.
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Oh ok i did not know that. Do you think adjustable shocks would fix it?
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I don't have Stranos but I am lowered on stock shocks. When I jack mine up and it sits weird like that, I go over to the side/corner that's sitting up too high and give it a good push down and that usually takes care of it.

Might sound kind of stupid and I don't know if you tried that already but maybe it would help.

Edit: I re-read and realized you're talking about brand new springs. They will most likely settle over the course of a couple weeks.

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Shocks have nothing to do with ride height, except in the case of having an alternate perch
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This is a normal thing and Sam Strano also comments in this thread: https://ls1tech.com/forums/suspensio...-one-side.html
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It's about 1/2" higher on the left than the right, regardless of springs used. It's how the car is designed.... it will always have a driver in it which lowers the left when you drive down the road. If you don't believe me, try swapping rear springs side to side, it won't change.

You just notice it more when the car is lowered because the wheel gaps are smaller.
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Awesome, thanks for the help guys!



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