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One side HIGH then other...
Sunday, August 28, 2005 9:47 PM
I SWEAR to god that after I installed my springs that one side of my car still sits higher than the other, IN THE BACK only. I don't understand it.. Could it be something that I did within the installation to @!#$ it up? You can somehwat notice...

C.

Re: One side HIGH then other...
Sunday, August 28, 2005 9:58 PM
Do you have a lot of audio equipment? Depending on whether you bought qaulity springs or not they could be saggin' because of the weight.



Re: One side HIGH then other...
Sunday, August 28, 2005 11:08 PM
Yea, I do have audio equipment, but it is centered in the back of the car... and the springs are used Intrax springs I got from someone off of classifieds...

C.
Re: One side HIGH then other...
Sunday, August 28, 2005 11:35 PM
Could be one spring might have more damage/wear than the other. If you bought them used, that's always a possiblity. Try contacting the previous owner and see if that happend with him or if he possibly did something (accident, ran over something, backed up into something etc) that would have caused that. If it's not you're audio, than it's possibly that.



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Re: One side HIGH then other...
Monday, August 29, 2005 4:20 AM
or you could just not be on level ground



Re: One side HIGH then other...
Monday, August 29, 2005 7:54 AM
springs arent made to support audio equipment....period.


most all companies produce springs in mind with an empty car, maybe an avg size human for testing. but not loads of audio or even a single sub and amp.


granted you may have what looks like centered, your gas tank isnt centered. which is weight on the passenger side.


also most people arent measuring on solid flat ground, and it take a few days for things to settle in.


if you are seeking the impossible of exact perfection of levelness, get coilovers.



springs are generally made as a cheaper lowering method, or for performance minded mainly.

stuff you can adjust is for those who want to get as close to perfectly setting up a car by corner weights, or for appeareance.



Re: One side HIGH then other...
Monday, August 29, 2005 10:06 AM
Did you compare them before you put them on? Intrax isn't a great spring to start with. And you got them used.

How big is the difference? Go to someplace with level ground (warehouses almost always do), and measure it up. Less than 1/2" could be anything from the gas tank, to your audio equipment. More than 3/4" and something is probably wrong.



Re: One side HIGH then other...
Monday, August 29, 2005 12:53 PM
Im going to take them apart tomorrow... BUT could it be something I DID WRONG during the installation to make it do that? lined up with boot wrong, etc?

Thanks,
Chris
Re: One side HIGH then other...
Monday, August 29, 2005 1:24 PM
really it shouldnt be...

on the front just remember the fatter side goes towards the top...

the rear, usually doesnt matter.



Re: One side HIGH then other...
Monday, August 29, 2005 1:53 PM
Even if it's on upside down it should sit at the same height, or close. How big is the difference?



Re: One side HIGH then other...
Monday, August 29, 2005 3:31 PM
About an inch!

Re: One side HIGH then other...
Monday, August 29, 2005 5:40 PM
an inch is a big difference. you probably did something wrong



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Re: One side HIGH then other...
Monday, August 29, 2005 5:49 PM
had to...


one thing i have seen common..... put on a lowering spring, but reinstall the stock spring on the other side.



Re: One side HIGH then other...
Monday, August 29, 2005 10:20 PM
LMAO no way... that would be hillarious

my springs were new and yellow no way you could confuse them



Re: One side HIGH then other...
Tuesday, August 30, 2005 6:23 AM
Well its an inch sometimes and others about 3/4... I KNOW the correct springs are in the right spot, I DIDNT mess that up. Well... Ill see this afternoon when I take them apart...

C.
Re: One side HIGH then other...
Tuesday, August 30, 2005 6:51 AM
How's the font look? You didn't put a front spring on the back, and a back on the front, did you?



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