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My car is uneven?

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Old 05-07-09, 09:24 PM
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are your springs seated correctly? Everything tight?
Old 05-07-09, 09:28 PM
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Yeah they are. When they were seated wrong they squeaked and i repositioned them.
Old 05-07-09, 11:10 PM
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if the alignment shop adjust the caster would that change ride height?

also where did you get your alignment?
Old 05-07-09, 11:15 PM
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suppppp vwynn. Just a local tire shop like a few streets over. I think that it may not be my driver side being lower then usual, but maybe my passenger side being tooo high?

My PASSENGER side coilover is like falling apart maybe? Theres teh rubber boot that is cracked, and under the boot i was able to lift a piece peices loose, like a smaller rubber boot and a cap of some sort??
Old 05-08-09, 08:32 AM
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The rubber boot doesnt serve much purpose for ride height however im thinking.. since its already deteriorating.. could it be that your struts are bad? Riding it dumped + on stiffest setting kills your shocks quicker i believe (if someone confirms that would be great).
also what if your springs on the coilovers are shot?

or you can go back to the alignment shop n be like. 'What the eff. how come my car is lower on one side?!?!' n see if they can fix it hehe.
Old 05-08-09, 08:38 AM
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Originally Posted by TomLee
Yes, multiple times already. I drove it around with the passenger side coilver at 3 threads from maxing out and the driver side like 25mm up, so like 10 threads up? Driver side STILL is lower then the passenger side. Poop.

Rears are even though.
if you have anything other than tein cs or ss, then you are adjusting your coilovers incorrectly. sounds like you're setting the pre-load other than adjusting the actual shock body length.
Old 05-08-09, 08:57 AM
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I Have Tein SS. There are those rings on the threads, i was assuiming that you just turned those to adjust ride height?
Old 05-08-09, 09:25 AM
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try getting a picture up of your coilevers with the wheel off.
Old 05-08-09, 11:50 AM
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There are no caster adjustment on the GS. Only Toe and Camber.
Old 05-08-09, 11:58 AM
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take the battery out and you should see the car level itself. it's a common thing in a lot of US model lexus cars to see the driver side lower than the passenger side.
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Originally Posted by TomLee
I gurantee its not 25mm of difference.

I am going to take out the spacers in the morning and return the coilovers back o the same height, see iff the spacers are causing stress on a balljoint causing it to lower unevenly or something.
Oh you GUARANTEE, do you??

Fine. It's like 5-8mm. Not that I have measured.
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Originally Posted by PureDrifter
take the battery out and you should see the car level itself. it's a common thing in a lot of US model lexus cars to see the driver side lower than the passenger side.
Of course. Don't need that pesky battery anyway...just slowing me down.
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Originally Posted by PureDrifter
take the battery out and you should see the car level itself. it's a common thing in a lot of US model lexus cars to see the driver side lower than the passenger side.
...........................................................what?
Old 05-08-09, 02:11 PM
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Originally Posted by jonathancl
Oh you GUARANTEE, do you??

Fine. It's like 5-8mm. Not that I have measured.
Im right!
Old 05-08-09, 02:15 PM
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Originally Posted by PureDrifter
take the battery out and you should see the car level itself. it's a common thing in a lot of US model lexus cars to see the driver side lower than the passenger side.
our batteries are on the passenger side.

your argument is invalid.

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