Today I happened to notice my car appears to be listing to the driver's side in front. So I took measurements from the floor to the top of the fender lips, and sure enough the driver's side is 7/8" lower than the passenger side! Needless to say it looks weird when you're looking at the car head-on.

The car does not have any frame damage, so that leaves the springs. I'm guessing I had a high tolerance spring and stuck it on the passenger side, and a low tolerance spring and stuck it on the driver's side, which only compounds the listing issue since the driver (me) is always on that side.

Any suggestions? As of now I'm thinking of swapping the springs from side to side and seeing what happens.

FWIW, the springs are Global West Semi-Comps.

Troy

One spring MAY not be in the spring pocket and that could account for the difference in height. :eek:

I thought about that. The bottoms are definately seated, and the tops appear to be as well. I've put ~2000 miles on the car since I re-did the front suspension. If the upper portion of the spring wasn't fully seated I'd expect odd pops or noises, but I haven't heard any. I suppose though the passenger side spring could be catching the "lip" in the upper pocket though.

Guess I have some more work next week: pop the spindles off the lower balljoints and check the springs. Shouldn't be too hard. I think I'll start with the passenger side, maybe it isn't seated. That would be a quick and easy fix.

Troy

Problem identified and solved. The passenger side spring was sitting up on the smaller of the two registering "lips" in the upper nest. I feel like a moron. graemlins/clonk.gif

Luckily the lower ball joint popped off easy (I loosened the nut, went to grab a hammer and it popped itself off... I love anti-seize!) I relocated the spring (I can now see why I mislocated it the first time, very easy to do!) and put it all back together. The car is level within 1/8" now.

Troy

Glad you got it figured out!