A.Mair

After i got my car back from the body shop after my accident i thought everything was going to be okay. However now my car is higher on the drivers side than it is on the passengers. I didnt notice this at first as it was only half an inch difference. but now i have noticed it and im concerned. The thing is if i ask the body shop about it, im pretty sure theyre just going to say its fine and they did the allignment and everything was ok. So what do you think the next step for me to do, should i bother contacting the body shop again or what?
(in the accident i hit the passenger side, thats the side that is half an inch lower)

G3tR3DDY2GR3DDY

iTrader: (8)

do you have lowering springs? i would say if they did repairs involving taking off the lowering springs they didnt preload them correctly when putting them back. Something simple like that would be nice, otherwise i would say take it back

DOMINION

I thought you guys preloaded your springs before driving on the dirt road??? Gary lost about a finger or two up front.

A.Mair

yeah we both preloaded now.
Yeah i have S techs. Im going to try pre loading and driving round the block on thu, then get mike to take a look on sunday see what he thinks. Then if nothing is obvious i dont know what to do

DOMINION

I dont know how much time you have, but when I was looking into springs I was searching online extensively and found sometimes rids settle off set a bit.
Like before Mike installed my Tanabes on my '04 AT, My back passanger side was more low than my driver side. But when he installed the Tanabes my front driver side was more low than my passanger side. Some guys said it was due to the drive way and the way the car sits.
I called Mike that night when he went out side to look at his car, one side was more low but when he got to work it was fine.
So my question is; Is your passanger always like this, no matter where you go/drive?
See the 8 we have now with the Tanabes sits more low on the driver side than the passanger side. But I back into my drive way butt first. So when I get to work. Its ok.
The only think I can think of is they put a new shock on the passanger side and its more resistance than the other shocks to your springs. Check the paper work to see if they replaced the shock. If you dont see it on there see if you can see it on your car. If not call the shop and ask if they replaced it.
Hope that helps bro,
-Gil

A.Mair

yeah, i actually have the invoice somewhere in the car im going to look it over and see what it says.
cheers gil

Transam kid 01

iTrader: (1)

Did they replace them? IIRC, when they replaced a buddy of mine...the car rode higher than it used to for a while, but it eventually settled lower

Razz1

yep, what they said. reset all four.

Rootski

iTrader: (1)

Go get an alignment from somebody else.

DOMINION

Alignment wont help his car. Its the shock or spring or control arm is bent or the center shock thing upfront has been replaced and is putting to much stress on the front passanger suspension.

A.Mair

they didnt replace any shocks, not that i saw on the invoice

flip702

thats wack yo! Hope you get it sorted out...

DOMINION

It has to be the control arm. When Annette wrecked and Gary gave me a ride. I poped the hood and looked down at the control arm. It was split in two and the passanger wheel was all F**ked up. It took the impact just like your passanger wheel.

A.Mair

ohhhh well im going to mikes on sunday we can have a look at it then

DOMINION

Whats going on Sun English dude? Are you not coming over Sat for the fight?