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car sits uneven....fix

Old 01-29-2007, 11:46 PM
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I put on eibach pro kit springs, new shocks and struts and the passenger side sits lower than the driver's side. Yes it was all put in the right way. Also the car sat like that befoe I swapped out all the stuff. Does anyone know a fix for this.
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Old 01-29-2007, 11:50 PM
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its completely normal... the idea is that the car will sit level when you get in it

your like the 89634695th person to ask that
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Old 01-29-2007, 11:54 PM
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mine sits lower in the driver's side, i bought control arms, shocks, struts, isolators, and springs, havnt installed them so i dont know if thats the prob
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Old 01-30-2007, 12:09 AM
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its completely normal... the idea is that the car will sit level when you get in it

your like the 89634695th person to ask that
i think you mean it should sit lower on the drivers side, because engines torque towards the passenger.
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Old 01-30-2007, 12:30 AM
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I think he means get in it as in sit in the seat. Not into the throttle.
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Old 01-30-2007, 01:24 AM
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wow that sure is alot of posts 89634695, out of all those posts there still is no answer???????? Mine sits lower on the drivers side also , so no it's not going to "even out once you get in it! So no one has any tricks to fix it?
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Old 01-30-2007, 03:31 AM
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its completely normal... the idea is that the car will sit level when you get in it

your like the 89634695th person to ask that
What kind of answer is that? What if the driver's 100 pounds or what if he's 300 pounds? That makes no sense at all. How is this dude tech certified.. honestly?
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Old 01-30-2007, 04:37 AM
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I don't see how this is normal.
How uneven is your car and where areyou measuring it from.

I could see if these cars had a left and right spring but they don't.
Some Mopar musclecars had a stronger right rear spring to manage the torque in the rear axle and they sometimes will sit a bit higher on the right because of this.

Start with placing the car on level ground and start measuring.

Are your springs located correcting in the spring seat?
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Old 01-30-2007, 10:35 AM
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its completely normal... the idea is that the car will sit level when you get in it

your like the 89634695th person to ask that
What kind of answer is that? What if the driver's 100 pounds or what if he's 300 pounds? That makes no sense at all. How is this dude tech certified.. honestly?
it was a sarcastic joke you ****ing retard

If he has put a full suspension in the car and its still sitting to one side, one of the springs might not be seated properly. In the front of the car, the springs must be turned just right to fully seat into the control arms. Likewise, in the rear, the car could have either been hit before, ot have some sort of frame damage.
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Old 01-30-2007, 02:36 PM
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Thanks for the replies....... The car sat 1" higher on the passenger side rear prior to the install. I then put new tokico shocks and struts and eibach prokit springs, all was done perfectly. The car has never been in an accident. After the install the car remains 1" higher in the passenger rear and looks really ugly. The only thing i can think of doing is cutting the rear passenger spring so it sits level, or adding maybe another isolator to the rear passenger side to lift it up so it's level with the drivers side??? any other sugggestions??
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