ok weird suspension stuff.. kind of long
02-25-2005, 05:25 PM
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ok weird suspension stuff.. kind of long
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Came out to the S4 this morning and noticed it was titled to one side. i pulled it into the shop (confirmed level surface) and bounced it up and down a few times at all four corners to try and cycle things and then measured everything, drivers side is a consistent 1/2 - 3/4 lower than the passengers side in all situations. measured 4 times. WTF
Thinking back to the wreck they Had to pull one link mount out a few mill. to get it to spec. i am confident that the body shop did a good job of this. so without tearing into it yet since i am busy with stuff my guess is the sway bars. being that if they were tweaked they could put slight up preassure on the drivers side and down preassure on the passenger side. this wouldnt be noticed while on the digital rack because it would be unbolted. it is really hard to notice because when looking at a given side the wheel gaps are the same. does this sound feesable. any other things that i may be over looking to explain this difference. i have bilstien shocks and H&R springs on the car and they appear to be fine, but i was in a hurry and didnt take the wheel off to get a better look. one last note, while driving on a rough road a few days ago i did feel like the drivers rear had a feeling to it as if it was bottoming out, nothing harsh just the feel of a bump stop, which could be explained buy the slightly less up travel available.
thanks for any insight into this
Came out to the S4 this morning and noticed it was titled to one side. i pulled it into the shop (confirmed level surface) and bounced it up and down a few times at all four corners to try and cycle things and then measured everything, drivers side is a consistent 1/2 - 3/4 lower than the passengers side in all situations. measured 4 times. WTF
Thinking back to the wreck they Had to pull one link mount out a few mill. to get it to spec. i am confident that the body shop did a good job of this. so without tearing into it yet since i am busy with stuff my guess is the sway bars. being that if they were tweaked they could put slight up preassure on the drivers side and down preassure on the passenger side. this wouldnt be noticed while on the digital rack because it would be unbolted. it is really hard to notice because when looking at a given side the wheel gaps are the same. does this sound feesable. any other things that i may be over looking to explain this difference. i have bilstien shocks and H&R springs on the car and they appear to be fine, but i was in a hurry and didnt take the wheel off to get a better look. one last note, while driving on a rough road a few days ago i did feel like the drivers rear had a feeling to it as if it was bottoming out, nothing harsh just the feel of a bump stop, which could be explained buy the slightly less up travel available.
thanks for any insight into this
02-25-2005, 06:06 PM
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you should check your post, it's giving me a headache to read it :P
first "Titled"
then "<B>drivers side</B> is a consistent 1/2 - 3/4 lower than the <B>drivers side</B> in all situations"
Your driver's rear shock is probably blown. We have a ton of used ones here at the shop if you want us to throw one in and see if the fixes it.
then "<B>drivers side</B> is a consistent 1/2 - 3/4 lower than the <B>drivers side</B> in all situations"
Your driver's rear shock is probably blown. We have a ton of used ones here at the shop if you want us to throw one in and see if the fixes it.
02-25-2005, 06:30 PM
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sounds like a shock is blown and maybe a colapsed spring
on my gt coupe i had my front bilsteins blown and they were bottoming out all the time..just like you said, i also had one of the rear H&R springs colapsed (one was 1" shorter than the other one)on my coilovers.. not necesarily your case but check it out.
take the wheel off and look at it, measure the L and R springs too.
take the wheel off and look at it, measure the L and R springs too.
02-25-2005, 09:19 PM
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i know i know, i was in a hurry and my spelling and gramer suck on the fly as it is
i have a few other shocks myself, but i dont think that is what it is, it still feels liek a shock should dampening wise
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