Anyone have the same problem?

[svave]

Hi guys...

Alright I have a problem...The space between the rear tire and the car body is different from the left side and the right side. On the left side I can put about 1 finger in between the tire and the body, but on the right side I can put about 2 ½ fingers!!! I dont beleive it is the shock or the spring that is the problem....Does anyone have had this same problem?

Anything helps.

Thanks

 

[jtmcinder]

Yep. When on my stock suspension, my car has a serious leftward tilt and turns like a NASCAR champ. (When I forget to turn on the WI, it's just like going to the doctor: turn to the left and cough.) It's a combination of many things in my case: three old shocks and one new GR-2 in the right rear, at least one sagging spring (left front), and a whole bunch of crappy bushings that have seized in different positions.

My advice: get a girlfriend or boyfriend who's a charter member of the "more to love" club.

- Jtoby

 

[nined2tsi]

yeah its nothing to worry about. Happens to most dsms.

 

[svave]

Are you serious? That sucks...would it help if I put coilovers on your think???

 

[jtmcinder]

No, he'd look rather weird with large metal springs on his head.

- Jtoby

ps. the adjustability of coilovers does allow one to make up for sagging springs, though

 

[svave]

I was thinking about changing both the springs are the shocks...I have kyb shocks right now and B&R springs....

 

[AWDPetmitsu]

What year/trim DSM do you have? Almost, if not all 1G AWD DSM sit lower on the left than on the right, even with a stock suspension.

 

[svave]

I have a 1997 Eclipse Spyder GST!

 

[Omega]

Jtoby,

Isn't is best to set up coilovers first by fender gap and then adjust them to the desired corner weights? If you compensate for a crap spring wouldn't that make the car unstable during sprited driving?

 

[Defiant]

The motor's on the left, as has been every driver who's ever been in the thing.

You can only see one side at a time. Put it out of your mind.

Handling stability? Sorry, these are DSMs. Shave about a half-ton off to get stability.