Height Not Balance

[psychoacid]

Need some help/advice.

I notice the left front and rear of the car is lower (especially front). Am using Tein NON-height adjustable, only soft-hard adj. Checked the alignment/camber and its all good.

Mech said might be the shocker itself faulty.

Anyone experienced before?

Cheers

[BHDave]

yep. My last set of non adjustable tiens were like that. Passenger side rear sat a bit higher.

If you have NA or NR check and see if there is circlip height adjustment. Otherwise you are kind of stuck.

[psychoacid]

yep. My last set of non adjustable tiens were like that. Passenger side rear sat a bit higher.

If you have NA or NR check and see if there is circlip height adjustment. Otherwise you are kind of stuck.

So there are Teins non-adj eh? One of my mate told me that all Teins are height+damping adj. But when I look at mine, I can't see any circlip thingy. I tried playing with the damping adj and found out there are 22 clicks for me to adjust. I need it higher as the car front bar hit the parking ramp.

Will changing to 17" wheel with 45series tire make it higher? (am still using factory wheels)

[BHDave]

depends on tyre width.

235/45-17 will be a couple of mm taller, 225/45-17 will be about the same.

But yes, there are some older entry level struts and springs that are non adjustable, i can't say i've looked at the bottom end of the current line up closely to confirm if it is still the case

[blind_elk]

Shock absorbers DO NOT control ride height. Only the spring controls how high the car sits - the spring is supporting the weight of the car. The shock absorber controls the motion of the spring thru bump and rebound.

Try swapping the springs to the other side (ie, L>R, R>L)

[esky_mad]

saggy springs. springs get old and start to sagg. my ceffy had the same prob until i fitted coilovers.

^^ try what he said and if its vice versa.

[RBwhatever]

Shock absorbers DO NOT control ride height. Only the spring controls how high the car sits - the spring is supporting the weight of the car. The shock absorber controls the motion of the spring thru bump and rebound.

Try swapping the springs to the other side (ie, L>R, R>L)

True, but tein and others also make shocks with height adjustments via circlips. The circlips control the position of where the springs sits on the shock body. Thus you can heighten and lower your car with height adjustable shocks.

Edited October 24, 2007 by KeyMaker

[psychoacid]

updates in conjunction with my Tein for sale post.

I have changed to factory shockers and my car still lower on the left side.

Not sure hows the previous mech did the alignment, but I brought it to Ultratune and they said the alignment screwed big time. All my tires worn out unevenly and it became not road worthy anymore. Recommended to get tire changed and the alignment properly done.

So i guess nothing wrong with the Tein.

Cheers

Edited December 12, 2007 by psychoacid