lower on one side?

[erecsean]

Hey guys, probably about 2000kms ago i installed a set if lowered king springs on my na8 and now the rear right hand side of the car is lower than the Lhs. Mainly because it is my daily and i barely take a passenger along. What can i do to even this out? The height difference isnt really that noticeable but it really annoys me. The gap from the tyre to the guard on the RHS is about 2cm and on the left is about 3.5cm roughly. Any sort of advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

[manga_blue]

No garage floor is ever poured dead level and it can be almost impossible to see a variation on 3 or 4 cm in the floor. Always measure in a few different positions.

Then you can try disconnecting the rear sway bar and rolling the car around a bit before remeasuring to see if that corrects the sag. It's possible that the sway bar is twisted or the end links are not equal length.

Then try swapping the rear spring/shock assemblies over. They're interchangeable and it's a pretty simple job, only around 20 minutes per side. While you're at it release the springs or take them out of the shocks and measure spring free length - any difference there would indicate faulty spring manufacturing.

If the sway bar and springs test OK but swapping leaves you with the same sag then it may be that you need to check for the same sorts of problems at the front or else you're looking at a bent or twisted chassis.

Otherwise go on a diet, buy a smaller battery and find a fuller-figured regular girlfriend.

[sailaholic]

Some king spring sets used to be made in left and right versions. The right was to take additional weight / driver weight.

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[hks_kansei]

Has the car been dríven after the lowering?

Whenever you change springs they will need to settle back to where they are comfortable.
If you've measure the height straight off the jacks then it won't be accurate. Just do a lap of the block and re-measure.

[93_Clubman]

10-15mm lower on rear driver side is not uncommon:
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[erecsean]

My driveway isnt even for sire but my garage is pretty even. Sometimes the rhs will leave just enough room for 2 fingers between the wheel and guard while the left will leave just 3. Yes i have been driving around with the springs for about 2000kms now.

[chefie]

I had a similar issue on my nb1998 190klms, drivers side was 15 down in the rear, I replaced the fused rubber bushes with poly that fixed the issue.

I had installed teins to balance the height and that was when I found the tired rear upper bushes.

The handling has improved 10 fold over the tired old suspension, cause it now works

I purchased prothanes from a us eBay distributor for a full kit $220 delivered