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Old Feb 25, 2019 | 05:01 PM
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My rear is uneven and I cant find out what the cause is. I need your guys help. What could it be? Shocks ,spring, endlinks are new.


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Old Feb 25, 2019 | 05:08 PM
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You sure your driveway is flat?
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Old Feb 25, 2019 | 05:59 PM
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Yes its flat. Wherever I park the driver side has a bigger gap from wheel to fender and driver side has no gap. Changed the passenger side shocks 2 times thinking it was the shocks. But its not.

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Old Feb 25, 2019 | 07:30 PM
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Original rear springs? Maybe, swap one side for the other and see if the height difference follows the springs?
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Old Feb 25, 2019 | 08:07 PM
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springs sag over time, some corners may sag more than others. If you sit in your S2000, the rear driver side may drop 8mm, the driver front may drop 4 mm, the passenger front may drop 2mm, and the passenger rear may drop 5mm , so basically all four corners are weighted differently and over time they can sag at different rates. time for a new suspension and get coilovers that you can adjust.
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Old Feb 25, 2019 | 08:45 PM
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Normal.
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Old Feb 25, 2019 | 08:47 PM
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Originally Posted by windhund116
Original rear springs? Maybe, swap one side for the other and see if the height difference follows the springs?
they are new swift spring and are labeled rear on both . I'll try swap the shocks and springs from left to right.
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Old Feb 26, 2019 | 05:57 AM
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You sure this isn't just perception or imperfect balance? The car is balanced at a single point on a jack so any imbalance will allow the car to lean slightly one way or the other. If the jacking point was moved slightly to the right the left side will drop lower. The garage floor and car frame must also be exactly parallel to be meaningful to use the floor as a gauge. Lay a 4' carpenters bubble level on the floor behind the tires and see if it really is level. Compare to the car frame.

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Old Feb 26, 2019 | 07:30 AM
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Originally Posted by Sonny D
Yes its flat. Wherever I park the driver side has a bigger gap from wheel to fender and driver side has no gap. Changed the passenger side shocks 2 times thinking it was the shocks. But its not.
Hate to be picky but did you get out a level?
Any concrete outfit who knows what they are doing is going to put some kind of a slope for water runoff on a pad or driveway. You never just pour a perfectly flat piece of parking lot that is outside. Even the deck in a household garage is sloped.
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