Did any of u guys ever heard or have this happened to u? Well today i lowered my car for the first time that i bought it has crappy no name coilovers probably from ebay or something but as i measured my dropp and twisted the rings to lower my car the front were cool, but in the back the left side had 15 threads left to lower and the right side had 9 but the car stands even, anyone know why this could be? could it be the shocks?

 

whoa that is weird. my ground controls are equal length of thread on all corners and all have equal drop all the way around. im guess it could be the shocks? maybe one shock is stiffer than the other side. or maybe you just need to break in the springs first if you just put it on.

 

crappy no name coilovers usually come with crappy no name springs that sag quickly, which would force you to compensate with height adjustments to get your car to sit level. take off all the springs and stand them up next to each other, i'd be willing to bet you have at least 3 different spring heights.

 

same thing happened to me when i had cheap noname coilover sleeves... springs were all equal length but the drop was so un-even it wasn't even funny... well, shortly after i got a new set of yellows and h&r and currently now riding on stock springs with yellows... waiting to order gc's..

 

It's actually common for it not to sit even with the adjustments all set the same. It's usually due to installation error (things not seated correctly). It's also caused by your bushings. In the case of the car I just bought, there are shitty coilovers that arent the right diameter for the shitty *** Tokico blues. They rattle around and cause all kinds of abrupt alignment changes under load. Also, the isolators are fucked up or missing.

First thing to do is to cut a small triangle out of a 2x4 or somthing. Slide that under your four jack points. Now at least you have accurate ride height measurements at the corners instead of sticking your fingers in the wheel well like a dumbass.

Start with them all set even as a reference, then adjust one. If it still isn't right, adjust the opposite side instead of pushing one to an extreme. Note that the amount of change on one coilover is not a 1 to 1 height change. In other words, raising one coilover up .5 inches worth of thread will not raise that corner up .5 inches of ride height. An adjustment to one corner has the opposite effect on the opposite corner.

 

thanx for the help guys, i didnt know that dropping the car on one side has the opposite effect on the other side.