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Old Feb 13, 2006 | 05:25 PM
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Question Suspension sagging?

So here is what happened. The suspension listed listed in my signature below is now in my brother's 02 SS and the passenger rear end of the car is sagging about a half inch. At first we thought it was the spring since I had brought my car to the drag strip and as you know our cars twist when you launch it. So, my brother bought two brand new shocks and had them installed. The car still sags on the passenger rear side. What else would cause this? Could it be a defective shock? He actually had all 4 konis replaced under warranty, so they are pretty new. Anything else that might cause the car to sag in just one corner?
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Old Feb 13, 2006 | 08:53 PM
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It could be the orientation of the spring on the spring perch. Make sure both rears are the same. It could be the rear springs are just different--my stock ones were. You can lower one side or get a booster to raise the other.
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Old Feb 14, 2006 | 06:08 AM
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It could be the orientation of the spring on the spring perch. Make sure both rears are the same. It could be the rear springs are just different--my stock ones were. You can lower one side or get a booster to raise the other.
I doubt it is that. The problem happened with 2 different sets of springs that were installed.

I did find a post about a panhard bar bushing causing the problem. Anyone think it must just be a bushing?
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Old Feb 14, 2006 | 08:32 AM
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mine sags too. rear is lower than the front, and driver side is lower than pass side. i think its just more the car itself more than anything...some od it, some dont. ive seen many that are simliar to ours, and i dont really know how to solve it other than cuttin one spring and raising the othr w/ spacers.
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Originally Posted by kyles2000z
mine sags too. rear is lower than the front, and driver side is lower than pass side. i think its just more the car itself more than anything...some od it, some dont. ive seen many that are simliar to ours, and i dont really know how to solve it other than cuttin one spring and raising the othr w/ spacers.
Yeah, we tried the spacers but they didn't seem to help at all.
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