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Old 02-23-2006, 01:00 PM
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I believe these cars have always sat a little higher on the drivers side.
Old 02-23-2006, 01:06 PM
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Do U Think A Lowering Kit Would Even It Out???
Old 02-23-2006, 02:40 PM
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Quick fix: Let the air out of tires on the high side!
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Old 02-23-2006, 04:33 PM
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Potential solutions:

1. Add some air to the tires that are on the low side
2. Let some air out of the tires on the high side (see post above)
3. Add some air to the tires on the low side and let some air out of the tires on the high side (see 1 and 2 above)
4. Ask a body shop to extend the wheel-well fenders on the high side
5. Ask a body shop to remove some metal from the wheel-well fenders on the low side
6. Both four and five above.
7. Put a few 100 pound bags of cement in the car on the high side
8. Take a few hundred pounds of weight out of the car on the low side
9. Both 7 and 8 above
10. Sit in the driver's side seat but only if if it is the high side
11. Sit in the passenger's seat but only if it is the high side.
12. DON'T do both 10 and 11 above if one side is still higher than the other
13. Relocate the battery from the low side to the high side
14. Don't relocate the battery if it is on the high side now.
15. Cut down the springs on the high side
16 Add a few shims to the springs on the low side
17. Do both 15 and 16 above.
18. Buy two new 17 inch wheels and tires and install them on the low side
19. Buy two new 15 inch wheels and install them on the high side
20. Do both 18 and 19 above.
21. Tie helium-filled balloons to the door handle on the low side.
22. Tie a bag of heavy rocks to the door handle on the high side.
23. Do both 21 and 22 above.
24. Rent a bull dozer and level your driveway so the high side is lower than the low side
25. Remove the engine and tranny and install them in a new F-body chassis
26. Call your insurance company and tell them someone stole your engine and tranny
27. Do both 25 and 26 above
28. Buy a bigger battery but only if it is on the high side
29. Buy a smaller battery but only if it is on the low side
30 Weld in a new SFC but only if it weighs more on the high side
31. Weld in a new SFC but only if it weighs less on the low side
32. Do both 30 and 31 above.
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Yes, but about that much difference? what are your spring rates? even on the stock Z28 suspension there was a difference, but not that much.

Are you sure that you've observed this difference after the SFC install, or before?
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Before The Install It Was Hardly Noticeable, And A Techncian That Works At A Gm Dealership Said It Was The Rear Shocks, So I Changed Them, Didn't Notice Much Difference. But After The Install, The Drivers Side Is Way Higher Then Before, Really Noticeable Now.
Old 03-01-2006, 11:36 AM
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Originally Posted by onsracing
Before The Install It Was Hardly Noticeable, And A Techncian That Works At A Gm Dealership Said It Was The Rear Shocks, So I Changed Them, Didn't Notice Much Difference. But After The Install, The Drivers Side Is Way Higher Then Before, Really Noticeable Now.
Unless you use air shocks, no lift can possibly occur when you change rear shocks. Pull out your rear springs, it takes minutes to do and measure them. Measure them in the car as well, are they the same compressed height? Check the compressed height of both front springs. Make sure you do this on true level ground.

Do both door strikers seem the same. With my car on a lift the door drags on the striker a little, are they the same now as before the SFCs. Maybe the passenger door feels different and perhaps you haven't noticed.
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Also, make sure the rear springs are mounted properly on their perches.




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