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Old Jan 31, 2004 | 04:43 PM
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Seems like my car is LEANING!!

When I walked out from work yesterday I noticed that it looked like my car was leaning to the passenger side a little. So I took my tape measurer and measured the front fender wells to the pavment, almost 27" exactly on both sides. So I figured it was just the parking lot, but today I met my parents for lunch and my dad agreed it looked like it was leaning. What could cause this? I can't say it's riding really rough compared to my friends '99. Any help will be much appreciated. Thanks!

P.S. All the tires are same PSI
Old Jan 31, 2004 | 04:46 PM
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Must be one of those F-body mysteries. Ive always thought my car has a slight passenger side lean as well.
Old Jan 31, 2004 | 05:40 PM
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Mine leans to the passanger side rear. Both sides on the front are the same but the rear is about 1.5" difference. It sucks to because if I take turns fast to the left and hit a bumb my axle bottoms out on the frame. If anybody knows why are cars lean to the passanger side rear. I would really like to know aswell. I have switched the springs from one side to the other thinking that the spring was week on the pass. side but it made no difference. So I don't think that it is the springs are really week. It seems to be something that I see a lot of on our cars.

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Old Jan 31, 2004 | 05:52 PM
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If anybody knows why are cars lean to the passanger side rear. I would really like to know aswell.
A study was done and it was found that 90% of the time the Camaro only has one passenger that being the driver so GM biult them slight lean to the passenger side ......when you are in it it actually levels out.
Old Jan 31, 2004 | 06:03 PM
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But mine leans a little more than what I would call normal. The bump stop was removed by the previous owner beacuse if it wasn't than it would be riding on the stop the whole time. I can even see the difference when I look at the suspension underneitht the car. Looking at the difference between axle and frame.
Old Jan 31, 2004 | 06:10 PM
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90% of the time us camaro drivers are in the car by ourselves ?

sadly that pretty much right for me, maybe if i spent as much time/money on other people as i do with my car i would have friends,,.

%$#@ that I want a Supercharger, if they wanted to be my friend then they should be beside me, not behind me in that silly import.
Old Jan 31, 2004 | 07:59 PM
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if they wanted to be my friend then they should be beside me, not behind me in that silly import.
Old Jan 31, 2004 | 08:04 PM
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the rear springs can be easily put in wrong to cause this. check the top of the rear spring and make sure it is in its perch. There is a circle that the top spring mount slides over if it aint in the circle this will happen.
Old Jan 31, 2004 | 08:21 PM
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Mine are installed correctly plus if they weren't inthe perch wouldn't it make that side taller
Old Jan 31, 2004 | 08:22 PM
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I will give it another look though, but I was just going to get the air bag kit and adjust it accordingly.
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