One Corner Lower than the Rest

[Rodtheviking]

My passenger side sits a little lower too, until my fat ass sits in the car.

 

[rcorona]

I'm not saying the sways are causing it.

I am saying your sways are currently preloaded in 1 direction, casued by your ride height being different left vs right.

How many finger widths difference between left and right in the wheel wells?

I can easily fit my fingers flat with a tad bit extra room on driver side rear and can barely fit my fingers flat on passenger side rear. My knuckles touch.

 

[rcorona]

How to measure drop.

Center of hub to highest fender gap before and after drop.

Any other “visual” or measurement is anecdotal.

I thought it was no big deal until (see earlier in thread) I saw evidence of sway bar and camber arm making contact on that rear passenger side. Also earlier in the thread is a pic of that spring looking “squished”. Thought it was installed incorrectly, got a new spring reinstalled and it still sits lower.

 

[D.J.]

I can easily fit my fingers flat with a tad bit extra room on driver side rear and can barely fit my fingers flat on passenger side rear. My knuckles touch.

Are we talking like an ⅛“ difference?
¼“?

 

[D.J.]

I saw evidence of sway bar and camber arm making contact on that rear passenger side.

Are the sway bar and camber arm still making contact?

That's concerning

 

[Rodtheviking]

Level ground, measuring tape.

 

[Snowwhite]

I measure from floor to highest fender gap. it is difficult to measure the exact center of the hub.

 

[nhcowboy28]

I measure from floor to highest fender gap. it is difficult to measure the exact center of the hub.

Eibach blasted me when I told them I measured that way… because I too had a minor difference.

Hence the hub method.

Either way, I guarantee they will say it is within a margin of error.

 

[rcorona]

Are we talking like an ⅛“ difference?
¼“?

I would have to say 1/4" if not 1/2".

 

[rcorona]

Eibach blasted me when I told them I measured that way… because I too had a minor difference.

Hence the hub method.

Either way, I guarantee they will say it is within a margin of error.

New set of rear springs installed and its doing the same thing, so that would lead me to believe its not an installation error or a spring malfunction. I'm wondering what else it could be? Perhaps the rear shock?

 

[rcorona]

Apologies again I can’t figure out how to rotate the image on here.
Picture of the removed spring with its spring insulators. Looks like the bottom of the spring isn’t shaped correctly for the insulator? Like because the bottom of the spring isn’t flat, it leans. Am I missing something here?

 

[MerlintheMad]

^^^If you resize the pic at your end and upload it again, it should be right side up at this end.

 

[rcorona]

^^^If you resize the pic at your end and upload it again, it should be right side up at this end.

Got it, thank you!

 

[D.J.]

Apologies again I can’t figure out how to rotate the image on here.
Picture of the removed spring with its spring insulators. Looks like the bottom of the spring isn’t shaped correctly for the insulator? Like because the bottom of the spring isn’t flat, it leans. Am I missing something here?View attachment 75976

How does the OEM spring look in the same environment?

 

[Snowwhite]

mine had nowhere near that much of the last coil sticking out. (orange one is my old ARK GT-F, for the curious. black one is eibach pre-install).

I suspect it's not much of a problem, compression of the spring should get it to seat on the perch nicely. looks like the ARK had a similar coil to your eibach.

 

[rcorona]

Compression would definitely get it seated, definitely an oversight by me. I guess now I'm wondering how/why the hell it's still sitting lower than the rest. Planning on taking it apart myself this weekend.

 

[rcorona]

*Update #who knows*
Car is still lower on that passenger rear corner. Put electrical tape around the Megan racing camber arm so I can see if now, after new Eibach spring install, it still rubs with the sway bar. This weekend I'm going to put the car on jackstands, loosen suspension linkage, jack the rotor up to mimic ride height, and then tighten everything back down while its in that position. Guy at Eibach suggested I do this. Man my fingers are crossed hard as hell that this works I'm starting to lose hope with this issue. While I'm in there I'll also check to see if the shock is leaking just in case.

Appreciate everyone that has chimed in with suggestions and helped thus far!

 

[D.J.]

*Update #who knows*
Car is still lower on that passenger rear corner. Put electrical tape around the Megan racing camber arm so I can see if now, after new Eibach spring install, it still rubs with the sway bar. This weekend I'm going to put the car on jackstands, loosen suspension linkage, jack the rotor up to mimic ride height, and then tighten everything back down while its in that position. Guy at Eibach suggested I do this. Man my fingers are crossed hard as hell that this works I'm starting to lose hope with this issue. While I'm in there I'll also check to see if the shock is leaking just in case.

Appreciate everyone that has chimed in with suggestions and helped thus far!

Were the suspension pivot joints NOT tightened at ride height?

Me-thinks we are on to something here.

 

[Snowwhite]

for my swaybars, what I do is jack up the side I want to adjust, put the car on a jack stand, then use the jack to raise the rotor up to where the endlink just slides in nice and straight to the swaybar.

 

[D.J.]

for my swaybars, what I do is jack up the side I want to adjust, put the car on a jack stand, then use the jack to raise the rotor up to where the endlink just slides in nice and straight to the swaybar.

To install an end link?