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Old Oct 10, 2004 | 01:57 PM
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Car lower on one side

I was looking at my car one day and saw that it is lower on the passenger side. This looked very strange so i measured it and it is one inch lower on the passenger side. I was wondering if anyone knew of this problem and how it can be fixed.

I was thinking about buying new springs (i currently run stock springs) to see if that would fix this. Any help would be appreciated, Thanks.

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Old Oct 10, 2004 | 05:33 PM
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Stop hauling around fat people. Yeah, I would assume it's the springs, but and inch is alot of difference. See if someone else has some input.

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Old Oct 10, 2004 | 05:43 PM
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Haha, it was like this when i got it... No fat people thanks....


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Old Oct 10, 2004 | 06:05 PM
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Re: Car lower on one side

i have the same problem, but i have an eibach prokit on my car, and one side looks lower then the other
Old Oct 10, 2004 | 06:14 PM
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Its a common problem with 4-gen F-bodies....
Old Oct 10, 2004 | 06:19 PM
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Re: Car lower on one side

What causes it? is there a fix?
Old Oct 10, 2004 | 11:09 PM
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I have the same problem as well with my Pro-kit. My drivers side seems to be higher than my passenger side.
Old Oct 12, 2004 | 04:21 AM
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Re: Car lower on one side

Originally Posted by Mick
What causes it? is there a fix?
Yeah measure it when your sitting in it. And yes I'm serious. Most f-bodies are driven solo so GM put a little bias into the suspension so that with a driver and no passenger the car will sit level for better handling. If everyone were to park there's on level ground and measure you'd find that they are all like that. I have 3 of them sitting at the house right now and they range form 1/2 tp 7/8" low on the right.
Old Oct 12, 2004 | 11:32 AM
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Originally Posted by AL SS590 M6
Yeah measure it when your sitting in it. And yes I'm serious. Most f-bodies are driven solo so GM put a little bias into the suspension so that with a driver and no passenger the car will sit level for better handling. If everyone were to park there's on level ground and measure you'd find that they are all like that. I have 3 of them sitting at the house right now and they range form 1/2 tp 7/8" low on the right.
Now how am I supposed to measure it when I am sitting in the car?












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Old Oct 13, 2004 | 03:40 AM
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Originally Posted by RedRyder518
Now how am I supposed to measure it when I am sitting in the car?
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Long arms and/or long measuring tape.
Old Oct 13, 2004 | 07:23 PM
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I say check your springs.
Old Oct 14, 2004 | 12:07 AM
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Thats a whopper of a tale .
Old Oct 14, 2004 | 06:07 PM
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Re: Car lower on one side

actually, i just tried it and it goes from an inch difference to a cm difference. Thanks a lot for the help.
Old Oct 18, 2004 | 12:15 PM
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Did anyone ever find a remedy for this problem? I just finished lowering my car this weekend and I noticed that the left side of the car is lower than the right. Perhaps it is the adjustable panhard rod? I adjusted the rod to zero but the car is still sitting this way. Any help?
Old Oct 18, 2004 | 02:36 PM
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Re: Car lower on one side

You can put a piece of high density plastic at the top of one rear spring to raise that side of the car up. The plastic is available in 1/2" and 1" sizes. That's what I did, works like a champ.

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