Lots of great points. Thanks for replying. I'm planning to replace the front sway bar and didn't realize the car should be on the ground before completely tightening the bolts. I watched a few videos and wondered why they waited to tighten them when it was on the ground.It can cause handling issues like that. The squished one is tightened up too much. In theory it could raise that control arm up and cause that corner to lower. I've never noticed a height difference caused by a sway bar end link though.
The suspension works together. If the right rear is bound up it'll lower the left front. If the right rear is sagging it can raise the right front. The ground where you are measuring the ride height has to be flat. ( I'm sure you know that ).
With him just doing the springs, the most likely issue would be them not sitting in the spring cup of the control arms correctly. They are supposed to be oriented so the lowest coil end sits down in the pocket up front. In the rear the bottom coil is supposed to point in a certain direction. Either one of these could cause your exact issue.
Sway bar end links aren't supposed to be tightened until the bushing flattens out. They should be tightened to the point where they just barely start to bulge. When you jack up a car the front suspension drops. That causes the sway bar to drop and cause an angle at the bushing. All suspension bolts are supposed to be tightened with the weight of the car on all 4 corners.
I've seen people tighten a control arm bolt with the car jacked up. That caused the control arm bushing to bind, acting like a helper spring, and raised that corner of the car.
In addition to this, I noticed the rear springs will want to turn as you start to put weight on them, so watch as you lower the car. You may need to twist them a little, then lower, twist some more, lower some more, etc. to keep them where they need to be.On the rear springs, the lower pigtail is what you’ll want to pay attention to here. You can see in this pic, the end of the lower pigtail is at the rear of the car, pointing directly to the drivers side.
Again, don’t stress out if it’s not exactly like this, but check to see if both sides are equal.
Thank you very much for the info.On the rear springs, the lower pigtail is what you’ll want to pay attention to here. You can see in this pic, the end of the lower pigtail is at the rear of the car, pointing directly to the drivers side.
Again, don’t stress out if it’s not exactly like this, but check to see if both sides are equal.
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