I can not get a straight answer anywhere. I have a 05' civic coupe and the car seems to sit higher on the front right corner. if you go to all four corners of the car and measure the gap between the tire and fender, the right front is the biggest gap and the left rear is the smallest gap.

I replaced the springs on the car with some tein h tech springs and that didn't really help it either. The shocks don't seem to be leaking but I've been told that they don't have to be leaking or nasty looking to be bad?? any ideas would be great.

 

Was the car ever in an accident?

 

yeah, it was. not sure what kind of damage though.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by racinmason85 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">yeah, it was. not sure what kind of damage though. </TD></TR></TABLE>

Check to see if there was any rear end collision damage. You could have some worn/broken suspension mounts/components.

 

I think it was mostly right front damage but not completely sure on that. when I bought the car, they told me it had been wrecked(at that point I should have just walked away and I hate myself for it now) but it doesn't have a salvage title. I've heard of people having front end collison and getting blown shocks from it but I don't know

 

this is the right side which I think sets too high.


and the driver side

 

The reason why I think the rear has problems, is because you stated it was sitting the lowest. And blown struts can be the cause of a car sitting awkward.

 

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Truth... Even if it's leaking a little bit it will sag, sometimes you can't see the leaking real well. Get in there and rub around see if you can find some strut juice.

 

I hope its just a shock and not something twisted like a major suspension part or even the body. is anyone selling a pair of rear shocks with low mileage??

 

left side of the car is heavier in USDM cars.

 

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i have the fronts and rears off my car (i switched to tein coilovers) not sure how many miles they have on them. the car had 60k ish when i took them off so that'd be the most they could have. if you wanna try them we can work out somethign so you can get them cheap

 

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i have the fronts and rears off my car (i switched to tein coilovers) not sure how many miles they have on them. the car had 60k ish when i took them off so that'd be the most they could have. if you wanna try them we can work out somethign so you can get them cheap</TD></TR></TABLE>

I got dibs on the fronts!

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by thinknology &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

I got dibs on the fronts!</TD></TR></TABLE>

do you really want them? there just sitting in my shed right now so i wouldnt mind getting rid of them

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by daddy2be &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

do you really want them? there just sitting in my shed right now so i wouldnt mind getting rid of them</TD></TR></TABLE> Well I need to get a radiator first... but depending on price... pm with $shipped... I can't imagine they'd be cheap to ship though

 

take a tape measure and measure the distance from the ground to the top of the fender arch....do this for all corners of the car...

the left side of the car is heavier so it should be about a 1/4" lower on the left side

 

Well i also have an 05 civic and my left rear also sagged lower than the rest of my car but this is my reason, got ran off the road into a ditch= bent trailing arm, bent camber, blown shock, after replacing trailing arm and getting tein ss put in my car sits fine, just need to get camber kit and im set. You should really check out the suspension parts if its sagging hard core.

 

I measured from the ground to the fender and the left front was 25 1/4", the right front was 26", the left rear was 25 1/4", and the right rear was 25 3/4". I guess the left rear isn't as bad as I thought but I would have to say the right front is off alittle more then average. I have Tein H tech springs and 17" wheels with a 205/40 tire. the springs are new. the car set crooked even before the springs were on.

 

i have h-techs w/ tokico blues and my car sits a little lower (2months old, no settling since day 1)

LF 24 3/4"
RF 25"
LR 24 3/4"
RR 25"

might be the fact that my car is slightly heavier than most civics

check your spring if it's seated correctly. do you hear any noises when you turn?

i'm surprised your car sits higher than mine even though your tire has an overall diameter that's slightly smaller than my stock size tire....


Modified by theineffable at 11:07 AM 10/5/2007

 

it hard to tell what is wrong with it. its either a blown shock or I have something bent. I would get those rear shocks off daddy2be but I don't want to even bother with it. right now I'm in the process of looking for a new car , either a newer civic or an RSX. so its just gonna stay like it is unless I decide to keep it. main reason I want a new car is because I want some features like power windows and lock and it would be nice to have a vtec. but thanks for the help and support everyone. atleast I got more answers and ideas from here then anywhere else.