Mazda_RX804

Hey guys, my car is an 04 has 50,000 km's on it, and i just noticed today it is 3/4" lower on the drivers side. All the pressure in the tires are all 34PSI. So I dont know what it can be. Car was never driven in the winter. Any thoughts on what the problem could be would be awsome, Thanks guys.

Footman

iTrader: (2)

could it be, 50,000km of driver side sagging solely?

Mazda_RX804

it seems to be more the driver side rear wheel

nate340

broken spring! pull off a wheel and see if the spring has any broken coils. iv never herd this happening with an 8 before but then again ive never looked

Mazda_RX804

im pretty sure its not a broken spring

PaQuiN

f it's not a broken spring maybe your shock is finished. Any oil running down the side of it?

Mazda_RX804

its not leaking anything, and the ride is still nice and stiff, not lanky or bouncy if i hit a bump

nate340

lol i love how your sure its not a broken spring with out even spending 10min to look and figure it out for sure. why would anyone spend time trying to help you when you cant even take the time to help yourself

Mazda_RX804

bro, i had the car on jacks, and looked underneith.

nate340

lol well **** why didnt you say that. if it was a broken coil on the spring you'd have to be blind not to see it. so its doubtful thats the issue

cjkim

how are you measuring? measure from center of wheel to fender directly above.

that said, i think it's fairly normal to have a higher driver's side

Mazda_RX804

its lower on the driver side, and im measure from the floor(Garage floor which is level i checked) to the begining edge of the fender. In the middle.

XXXrx8XXX

Hey i noticed all the 04 and 05 the back sits in more then the front.

I have read somewhere on this forum that the sturts have cheap oil in them and for that reason i never seat anyone in the back, unless u want ur ride to look like u have bricks in ur trunk.

as for one side to be lower more then the other, we tend to make left hand turns more often and therefore the car is always a bit lower in the right hand back side.

Plus our cars have rear wheel drive so all the force pulls it down..... notice the porsche's and bmw they tend to sit more in the back too....hence the reason why i dont want to lower my car because it will sit lower in the back then the front looks terrible .......

Mazda_RX804

i measured my dads 05 bmw 330i zhp, and is ride height is at perfect stance, even my 89 bonneville SSE winter beater sits straight

XXXrx8XXX

Our cars just have cheap shocks ....maybe u have been seating a passenger on one side more then the other in the back ......check this pic out lowered on eibach springs and see how the back sits in more......... that is why i will never lower my car unless i get shocks too in the back which would raise the car a bit in the back.....but then again it would handle like ****


check out this car the first pic looks bad like that
https://www.rx8club.com/rx-8-multimedia-photo-gallery-6/%7C%7C-hey-l00k-lowering-springs-%7C%7C-158035/

Mazda_RX804

Well got back from mazda, they said the lean is normal, it happens to mazda 3's too, they measured another rx8 '05 and it was the same. So i guess that is just the weird way it is. While I was there checkin if my brakes needed to be replaced they said I have another year lasted on them. But they found that I had to replace my right passenger steering ball joint. Gonna cost me 329$ + tax. Also I also had the check Engine light come on with a P0420(Cat-Issue) First they said it was nothing so they cleared it. Light came back on so My catalyltic converter is being replaced. Luckily it is still under warrenty. For those who dont know it is covered for 8 years 100,000kms. I didnt know that, so im happy that is not coming out of my pocket.

Footman

iTrader: (2)

CAT should be 8 years or 128,000 km

Mazda_RX804

or that lol thanks for clarifying, all I care is its not comin out of my pocket lol

delhi

Stop going to Burger King!

Mazda_RX804

lol, i dont eat fast food, but i do love it every once in a while. Im not a heavy person, nor was the last owner

XXXrx8XXX

how many clicks on your car ??

Mazda_RX804

50,000km