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Sorry, mine are even. When you put the springs in, were they located about the same distance from "pocket" where the end of the spring wire goes, inside the rubber isolater?
To be honest, I did not install my own springs so I'm not 100% sure what the spring side of the isolater looks like. But in theory, you can be about 1 wire diameter (~1/2 inch) off if the isolater is not oriented properly.
To be honest, I did not install my own springs so I'm not 100% sure what the spring side of the isolater looks like. But in theory, you can be about 1 wire diameter (~1/2 inch) off if the isolater is not oriented properly.
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UPDATE: I went to the place that installed the springs this morning and they checked them out and they said they are sitting right. They have only been on for about a week, so they haven't settled all the way yet. I measured again and the right front is 1/4 of an inch higher than the front and the right rear is 1/2 an inch higher than the left. I just measured wrong last time, that's why I thought they were messed up. Hope this helps. Don't worry, they're good springs, but just not settled yet. I put 200 miles on them today, so that should help!
Hmmm. That seems like a pretty large difference. I did service, sales, and managed a Sears Auto Center for 6 years and most cars that we worked on allowed for +/- 4mm (per the manufacturer's specifications) variance, and if your car was off by more then that we would usually recommend new shocks / springs. Driver's / Passenger's weight will obviously fatigue the springs unevenly, so this can have a big effect on how level a car is... this is one reason that BMW and Porsche require that you align the car with weight in the driver's side footwell and in the trunk (they have specific weights listed but it's been so long I can't recall). A 1/2" is over 12 mm, so that's a LOT. I tcould be that your springs have settled more on the driver's side than on the passenger's side because you've been driving it around without a passenger, but otherwise I can't understand why it would be so far off. I just measured my car and my RF is less than 1/16" higher than my LF, and my RR is about 1/16" (or less) higher than the LR... however, when I measured them last week, they were EXACTLY the same on each side. I have a feeling that the right is just slightly higher now because I just had the car jacked up on Sunday and the only time I drove the car since was just me, so no passenger, so the passenger's side probably hasn't fully settled in yet either.
My suggestion is to give it a couple of more weeks and see if it levels out a little.
My suggestion is to give it a couple of more weeks and see if it levels out a little.
Joined: Jun 2008
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From: Orlando, FL
Hmmm. That seems like a pretty large difference. I did service, sales, and managed a Sears Auto Center for 6 years and most cars that we worked on allowed for +/- 4mm (per the manufacturer's specifications) variance, and if your car was off by more then that we would usually recommend new shocks / springs. Driver's / Passenger's weight will obviously fatigue the springs unevenly, so this can have a big effect on how level a car is... this is one reason that BMW and Porsche require that you align the car with weight in the driver's side footwell and in the trunk (they have specific weights listed but it's been so long I can't recall). A 1/2" is over 12 mm, so that's a LOT. I tcould be that your springs have settled more on the driver's side than on the passenger's side because you've been driving it around without a passenger, but otherwise I can't understand why it would be so far off. I just measured my car and my RF is less than 1/16" higher than my LF, and my RR is about 1/16" (or less) higher than the LR... however, when I measured them last week, they were EXACTLY the same on each side. I have a feeling that the right is just slightly higher now because I just had the car jacked up on Sunday and the only time I drove the car since was just me, so no passenger, so the passenger's side probably hasn't fully settled in yet either.
My suggestion is to give it a couple of more weeks and see if it levels out a little.
My suggestion is to give it a couple of more weeks and see if it levels out a little.
i lowed my car and both sides r even.. i think wat it is that they didnt do it right on his car thats y its not even




