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Hey guys

I'm a little stumped on how this happened so I though I'd get some suggestions. I did a search and found differing ride heights on other skylines but mainly due to old springs sagging.

I recently fitted some new (second hand shocks) and new TEIN S.TECH springs on the car and everything was fine. It lowered the car about 20mm ( the maximum rated is Front:32mm, Rear 30mm drop). I measured the heights at the fronts and they were the same and both rear heights were the same as each other.

Whereas now about 2-3 weeks after I measured the ride heights (measuring from centre of wheel to guard) and I get these

Front Left: 355mm

Front Right (drivers side): 348mm

Right Rear: 353mm

Left Rear: 348mm

Now these might be 1 or 2 mm out, but you get the idea . The front left and right rear are a bit higher than the others (and yes the concrete was flat). And considering when I measured them after the install they were fine.

The only thing I can think of was I gave the car to PEDDERS and they did a wheel alignment and put some pineapples in the rear. Now I don't think that could change the ride height could it?

Thanks in advance

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due to the camber of the road the driver side of the car should sit a little lower then the passenger side

really? i'm not going to straight out call bullshit, but i have my suspicions..

not all roads have a large enough crossfall to warrant jacking every car up on the right hand side

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Hey guys, thanks for the replies

Ye I did put them in myself, but from memory I couldn't remember seeing anything on the rear springs indicating a Left or Right side. And looking at the two they didnt seem different lengths, but I guess a few mm is hard to see.

I know that the front drivers side sometimes gets a little bit lower over time due to the weight of the driver but its just strange that it was fine for like 2 weeks and then now it becomes all uneven. Unfortunately I have damper adjustable shocks but not height!

So does anyone else have any ideas? Or did it just take a while for the suspension to adjust to the different weight distribution on the car?

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