well i had put my coilovers in and.. well it works jsut fine.. exept that the driver side is always lower.. i try to raise it up but i lowers back down to its same position.. now the adjusting bar of the left is way higher than the right but still the left is lower than the right.. can anyone tell me whats wron??.. i didn't drop the back though..... thanks guys

 

you might have a blown strut/shock

 

What year is the car? Has the car been wrecked? What coilovers do you have? How old are your struts?

Try to be more descriptive when creating a thread next time, it makes it a lot easier on everyone to answer your question.

 

well its some cheap coilovers, motosports.. i think that was it.. no new stru or anything just put in the coilovers.. but when i had it at stock.. everything was perfectly fine nothing wrong with my suspension at all.. until i put the coilovers in that was the only problem... how can i tell if its a messed up strut????.. any way to look at it??..

 

check and see if the struts are leaking or old liquid buildup

 

the same thing happend to a buddy of mine he just put them on only the second drive and the driver side was lower it was on a 2000 civic si so everything was good then he rolled the car over right in a field infront of my house so that kinda sucked for him lol

 

Yeah its probably the struts, or the brand of springs

You said the brand was "motorsports" haha.....i wouldnt buy anything like that but here is whats wrong....

when you buy springs there are 2 pairs of spring in the box, stiffer ones for the front because the motor is so heavy and the front needs more strength to hold the car up i guess, and the rea ones are a bit softer since there is no weight really in the back.....you probably have a softer one in the front......actually i gurantee it.

You should replace your struts with a GOOD BRAND, and see if it still happens, if so ditch your cheap coilovers an get a good set like Skunk2's or something.....

but i bet you its what i said, you have a softer coilover in the front when it should be in the rear....or they sent you like 3 softs and 1 hard or soemthing messed up a low name brand would tend to do

good luck though

 

well well, im thinking it might be soft ones in the front hmm, i'll check it out.. thanks guys... i'll come back to tell results...

 

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sometimes thats what ebay does to ya...

 

i was thinkin about gettin some off of ebay but what hes sayin happened to him i dont think i want to now cuz i would rather have my car sit level

 

jus buy some skunk 2 coilovers !

 

well no, that wasn't the problem.. i looked at the struts... no leak.. the coils.. both are for the fronts.. just dropping geezes.. i think im just gonna go get name brand this time... dont settle for less when it comes to suspension!!... i think that'll solve the problem...

 

ok good call i would get skunk2 but i dont have that much money i only work on sundays washin dishes lol

 

yeah check your shock to see if anything is leaking from them and then check if you have the right springs on each shock. you probably saw nothing wrong before befor you had a stock spring on that wouldnt of changed the height of the car just made the ride bad. who put your coilovers on, did they let you know your shocks were in bad shape or if they were good?

 

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NO Skunk2 coilovers unless you want a rough *** ride. They are made for launching at the strip. Tenzo R's are nice that is what I have.

 

i heard tenzos are even more expensive but were i live and i travel from wisconsin to minn and illinois a few times and those roads arnt that forgiving so i think i might have to stick with the tenzos

 

maybe the thread on the sleeve is stripped and it goes back to the same position?

 

The problem is NOT a blown shock.

As someone else suggested, maybe you have the incorrect spring on the driver's side. There should have been 2 kinds of springs in your kit: one type for front and another type for rear. Check to make sure you didn't put the fronts on the left side and the rears on the passenger side. Look at the spring and see if there is a painted number code. Either that, or the adjuster is stripped - but I think you could see that.

If your kit came with all 4 springs the same - throw it away, as your car will never ride or handle correctly.

By the way, what do you mean "adjusting bar always goes back to the same position"? Coilovers have threads.

 

they said they were in good condition, and i saw that it was.. really good condition

 

no its brand new.. none of its stripping.. checked.. nice and mint... and i raised it high as hell.,.. its still at the same position..

 

well as i was refering to adjusting the bar.. yes the coils i should say.. well heres how i did it... i put both of the coils about four threads away from the bottom... and it was ok for about ... the drive home.. then as i came to realize my left was lower than my right.. so then i raised JUST my left side... (fronts only)... and drove it around the block.. it seemed fine.. i came back and realized it was lower again.... i lifted the car and nothing changed still the thread of which i raised it to.. which was like sixth to the bottom.. the right is at four.. BUT the left kept going down even if i adjusting the coil up on the left..... that is my problem... the left is always lowering.. not the right... the right stays the same... but in detail.. i only have dropped the front not yet on the back... if i did will it change that??.. or will it not??...


TIME 4 TENZO

 

get TEIN

 

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i didnt like sk2 i have the tein... its better... sk2 tsis zoo

 

yea i heard about what you guys were talking about.... tein??... tenzo r'?? what about that??.. is tein one of the best... for street wise...???... well where can i find cheap ones haha....

 

ive had them all skunk2, tien, tenzo, ect. my favorite is by far ground control, but they are a bit pricey, if i had to pick a second fav, id go with the tenzo's, they are not bad at all.