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Old 05-15-2011, 11:03 PM
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One side is lower

This morning I noticed the wheel arch on my rear left side is about 1cm lower than the rear right side. It's the first time I notice this, so I guess this just happened.

Any theories on what's going on?
Could it be alignment? the rear left spring just gave up? a matter of preloading or unloading the suspension? something more serious?
The car is lowered on Tein S-Techs (if that make a difference)

Thanks!
Old 05-15-2011, 11:14 PM
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did you install the s-techs yourself?
Are you on stock shocks? How many miles? Did you drive hard over any pot-holes?

More info is needed
Old 05-15-2011, 11:30 PM
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My s-techs did the same...just live with it
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The car has 61k miles. I did not install the s-techs; they came with the car when I bought it last October (bought it with 54k miles). No pot-holes or anything... there's a corner (right turn) two blocks from my house where, for some reason, there's always water, so I get to do a very tiny drift when taking it, I did it twice last week. mmmm ah, yes, stock shocks.
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Originally Posted by HockeyRX-8
My s-techs did the same...just live with it
Nooooooooo! I'm very OCD when it comes to symmetry!!
Old 05-15-2011, 11:39 PM
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Nothing you can do...If you want the ride height perfect, get coilovers....but you'll need a perfectly level surface to get it right. To this day, my rears aren't level and I am on coilovers.
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Originally Posted by Maui
This morning I noticed the wheel arch on my rear left side is about 1cm lower than the rear right side. It's the first time I notice this, so I guess this just happened.

Any theories on what's going on?
Could it be alignment? the rear left spring just gave up? a matter of preloading or unloading the suspension? something more serious?
The car is lowered on Tein S-Techs (if that make a difference)

Thanks!

Might be a blown shock(s)?
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It seems like theres nothing you can do mnay people have had this problem and it seems to just be something to live with I made a thread about it also and got no answers really, apparently an alignment is supposed to help so try that.

I gave up and ordered coilovers.
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Originally Posted by monchie
Might be a blown shock(s)?
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