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Old 12-02-2007, 05:49 PM
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Hey, I just replaced my front suspension this weekend. I took Friday afternoon and all day Saturday. I got the performance kit from Lauralmustang. With the new suspension, it rides great, no knocking noise! But, I have one problem. I went out to my car this morning;the passenger side of the car was noticably higher than the driver side. I measured both sides two thousand times; the passager side was 28.5" and the drivers side was 27". The passengers side was noticably too high. Well, after fiddling around and inspecting all afternoon, I concluded that all was installed correctly. Both springs were seated correctly. Finally, I started pushing up and down and pulling upward on the front fender wells. I started measuring and I discovered that the drivers side stayed at 27" inches, but, the passenger side sits at 27" if pushed downward slightly. If I pull up on the fender well, its stays at 28.5". If I push up and down and let it fall by itself, It goes back to near 27". Anway, does anyone know if I an adjustment can be made to loosen the suspension so falls back to 27" by inself. Thanks Oh, I notice that when I installed the upper arms, the hinge was very hard to move or hinge.
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Old 12-02-2007, 05:57 PM
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Sorry for all the typos, my wife was talking to me when I was typing!!!!!!
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Old 12-02-2007, 07:07 PM
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after you drive it a bit it should loosen up and settle in.
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Old 12-02-2007, 07:33 PM
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When you installed your lower control arms to the frame bracket, did you tighen them up before sitting the car on it's suspension? If so, then that has a tendency to preload the suspension. Try loosening while sitting at normal height and then retorquing.
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