My cousin currently has a 99 Civic lowered on progressive springs. I just noticed her rear driverside wheel gap is "alot" lower then the rest of the car. All the other wheels are about the same but the driver rear is probably 1/2 lowers. I checked underneth and it seems like everything is ok. What could cause this?

 

wrong size tire will do that, which i found out after I put a GSR rear disc conversion on my car, it hit the fender well, check the camber, you might have to adjust the toe on the back as well, that will cause the tire to bite inside more, elevating the suspension a tad.

 

was the car ever hit in the quarter panel?

 

Maybe its the shocks or it has been hit.

 

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Nah, i think all the tires are fine. 205/40/17. But car needs a major alignment job. So that might be the case

 

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NO ^ Stupid n00b. ^

The camber is not adjustable on the stock rear and toe is only for the front (part of the steering components) This happened to me a Little while back i noticed about a half of an inch difference. but it soon went away. The only thing that i could thing of is if the springs settled.

 

What happens is when you install the shocks back into the car, you tighten the bolts while the car is jacked up so when you lower it, the bolts bite into the stock bushing which binds the car up. The Helms manual states this and says to torque the bolts to the proper spec while the car rests on the ground. This ensures that the bolts are tightened while at the proper ride height and the suspension components are not binding on the bolts. The lower shock bolts are designed not to spin so when torqued, this will bind the the suspension up at the shock bushing, which usually results in the bushing ripping apart. This goes for aftermarket bushing kits also.

Hope this helps!!!