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Old Apr 6, 2006 | 07:16 AM
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Yep, had the same problem with mine and after a two-week period which i gave the coilovers to settle, i adjusted my shocks using the spanner wrench to even out the ride height...btw I measure my ride height from the ground to the bottom of the frame behind the front wheels and in front of the rear wheels. I think this is better than measuring from the center of the wheel to the top of the wheel arch. Someone correct me if i'm wrong!
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Old Apr 6, 2006 | 03:18 PM
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Originally Posted by s2kVABeachCruiser,Apr 6 2006, 07:16 AM
Yep, had the same problem with mine and after a two-week period which i gave the coilovers to settle, i adjusted my shocks using the spanner wrench to even out the ride height...btw I measure my ride height from the ground to the bottom of the frame behind the front wheels and in front of the rear wheels. I think this is better than measuring from the center of the wheel to the top of the wheel arch. Someone correct me if i'm wrong!
Hmmm...i think that makes more sense than what im doing. I actually measured mine from the lip of the fenderwell to the lower emblem part of the wheel. Btw, are you talking bout the place where you put the jack? is that where you measured yours. Sorie i havent been underneath my car yet other than oil change and never even bother to look there until you mentioned that to me...
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Old Apr 7, 2006 | 02:47 AM
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Find a part of the side frame that runs straight and even from front to back...this is what I would do my measurements from (i.e. level ground to the frame rail at each corner.
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Old Apr 7, 2006 | 06:04 PM
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Originally Posted by s2kVABeachCruiser,Apr 7 2006, 02:47 AM
Find a part of the side frame that runs straight and even from front to back...this is what I would do my measurements from (i.e. level ground to the frame rail at each corner.
can it be possible to have my wheels uneven from the fender lip to the bottom of my wheel emblem while the measurement on the frame be perfectly even? Im trying to understand on how the frame measurement is more accurate because if the wheel gap is not perfect, isnt more than likely that the distance underneath the car is off too? thanks much pls help me understand this
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Old Apr 7, 2006 | 06:42 PM
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my car is the same way, looks like the driver side is lower than the passanger side. i finger gapped it, the passanger side is high by a little less than an inch. friggin weird, i am about to dro my car on espilers, hope that doesnt show up. if it does i'll save up for new shocks
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Old Apr 7, 2006 | 09:11 PM
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Originally Posted by ssmAP1,Apr 7 2006, 06:42 PM
my car is the same way, looks like the driver side is lower than the passanger side. i finger gapped it, the passanger side is high by a little less than an inch. friggin weird, i am about to dro my car on espilers, hope that doesnt show up. if it does i'll save up for new shocks
what really suprises me the most was, im running a coilover and it should me more precise than anything else. I can actually adjust them to compensate for the uneven height but like what i was explaining on earlier thread that it will be even but the threaded part is not and i kinda dont feel comfortable bout that and hoping that i will find the issue on this thing. My buddy has an espelir on his and its the same thing, in fact his is actually worse than mine...im only off my 1cm...about 10mm and thats less than quarter an inch...but then again i wanted it to be perfect ehehhehe
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Old Apr 8, 2006 | 10:39 AM
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haha yea, its just the fact that it should be even but its not. weird
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Old Apr 8, 2006 | 10:53 AM
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Originally Posted by ssmAP1,Apr 8 2006, 10:39 AM
haha yea, its just the fact that it should be even but its not. weird
i guess either way i have to adjust the threaded perch to compensate the height but i will not do that now because ive only had the suspension installed for less than i week. Il wait few more weeks and c where they stand. Hopefully the right spring will sag for a bit and il get the alignment at the same time. thanks for all ur help..for now, i left them as is...
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Old Apr 10, 2006 | 07:22 AM
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did someone figure this out? more feedback pls...if u guys experience this, pls let me know what u did?
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Old Nov 16, 2007 | 09:26 AM
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sorry for bringing back the dead, but I am having similiar problems.

I have searched and many people have that problem where the passager side is higher than the driver's side. what I sespect is that because we are sitting in the driver side, which added weight for the settling makes the driver's side lower. I dont' know.

but here is another thing, before I installed my PSS9, I hit both my passager's side wheels to the dividers (the sloped dividers near the fast lane) on the freeway, (i fell asleep). and the wheels went up that sloped divider and my car flew up a feet or two into the air. if its not sloped 80 degrees like the one I hit, it will scrap my whole side, but I only crubed the wheels. Just wondering if that have to do with the uneven height. and whats the worst that can happen to my car suspension wise hitting the divider like that. People told me that my arms might be bend. I am afraid.

I just got my pSS9 installed 2 days ago. Its very nice, firm, and not stiff. is there any break in procedures for the coilovers, such as setting it to full stiff first?
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