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Suspension geometry all off. Is it worth saving??

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Scoped_GST

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Oct 18, 2004
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Ok so this is on a Eibach Pro-Kit and Koni Yellow setup.
A little background of my mistakes...

-I jacked the car up in the wrong place right about when I got it in 2004. dented the subframe bar(wide bar running along side the side seam) and the floorpan near the accelerator. :ohdamn:

-Got into a fender bender at a low speed in 2007 and fixed the front support frame myself.:|

-Jacked up the car on an uneven surface like a pro and it fell back on all four stands leaving four new huge dents up in front of the stand points.

....Now the problem is when lifted my drivers side tire hangs about 4 fingers lower than my passengers side. I know its not the struts because I checked.

...When on the ground it sits 3-4 fingers lower on the drivers making it impossible to even get a pinky in there. it scrapes when turning. Passenger front sits high where you can almost get the whole 4 fingers in. And somehow the back passenger tire sits low at about 1 1/2 fingers gap. and the Left rear is fine at about 2-3 fingers.

:confused:

have i bent my frame from the incidents? And is it worth saving with some ground control coils to compensate. Usually the wealth of info on this site leads me to a solution fast but this one has left me powerless.
 
your best bet is to take it to a body shop, and have them put it on the frame machine to check it out, and if it is out, i was only quoted 300$ on my bmw to do it after an accident, negligable if your car is worth much to you.
 
Alrighty then, Body shop it is. I've been through a lot with this car so keeping it would be the best option in my books. There's something bent making the wheel hang lower on the left. Body or components I don't know.

I've gotten over the power bug. Now learning that suspension is very important. Power is probably the last thing needed for a good progressive build I suppose.
-Garbage Eibach springs. Spring rates and sag even before the incidents was horrible. accidents just made it worse. at least the Koni's are good for now.

I'll post pics of the problems and the fixes. Just for others reference if needed.
 
The only way for the suspension to hang lower than is if the whole strut tower section of the car was bent lower than the other side. Or if your shocks are extending further which is unlikely. Or if your sway bar was disconnected. I would like to see pictures of this. It would be really obvious what is causing it and it would stand out right away. Have you measured the suspension droop from underneath the strut tower to say, the bottom of the knuckle and compared it to the other side?
 
yea i really have to get some pictures of it both up in the air and sitting. I'll also measure that gap to see whats going on there. cant be the shocks extending because one is new and the other has been removed and checked. i was speculating on a bent arm but i will post it up on wednesday.
--sway bar. hmmm only way is to check.

thanks again for the replies.
 
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