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RIDE HEIGHT BIAS?

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Old Apr 23, 2006 | 05:51 PM
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I just recently finished installing Koni yellows with Ground controls. Ive run into a small situation, and Im not sure if this is normal or if there is something wrong. It involves the front suspension. In order for me to get both the front left and front right to the same height, I have to set the right front suspension at different height. What I mean is that the front right ground control is set 3 turns higher on the perch than the left front. By doing this, the spring is also more compressed more. Is the car set up to be higher on the left to compensate for the driver?
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Old Apr 23, 2006 | 05:58 PM
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just installed koni yellow and gc, front left seems to be lower than the front right, is this normal?
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Old Apr 23, 2006 | 07:41 PM
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Even stock cars come uneven from side to side. Your adjustments to level the car are normal.
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Old Apr 23, 2006 | 08:29 PM
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ive got a coilovers too just like urs except mine is bilstein pss. Considering that its only 3 turns on the perch is not bad at all. Thats probably about 5-10mm just like mine. What i did at one time was i adjusted the driver side to compensate for the passenger height but just like what u said, the springs are more compressed and i personally felt that the bouncing capacity of the compressed suspension (driver side) is little different than passenger side. Im not sure because the driver might be there or its just on my head...It felt that the suspension on my driver side is more sensitive to bumps and potholes. I didnt feel comfortable bout adjusting the perch to compensate for the passenger side so i put them back to the same setting on both sides. Until now my suspension is still of by as much as 10mm which is not bad at all. Hopefully, when the suspension settle down, it should come close better than 5-10mm.
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