What causes a car to sit uneven???

SilverBullet00 · Apr 14, 2006

Its driving my absolutely crazy, my front passanger side sits higher than the driver side front! The rear tire/fender gap is pretty even, but up front the driver side sits about 1/4-1/2 lower than the passanger side. Anyone know what could cause this?

When I first bought the car it did this as well, so I swapped out the springs and shocks/struts and it still does it! I am going to get under it tomorrow and see if the spring is properly sitting in the control arm - can anyone else recommend anything else to check out??? Is it possible the ball joints are going out?

dustang50 · Apr 14, 2006

Sometimes a fat driver can cause this...

Do you have adjustable shocks?

Uncle Meat · Apr 14, 2006

This is what causes it.

tomustang · Apr 14, 2006

Car ever been in an accident? bad struts, different tires sizes..

DTNODYA · Apr 14, 2006

Ground not level.

menasci · Apr 14, 2006

Being a Ford?

squares98 · Apr 14, 2006

DTNODYA said:
Ground not level.

My car sat like that whn my front drivers side strut blew. Ive noticed uneven ground to be the problem for alot of people though.

SilverBullet00 · Apr 14, 2006

ahh, no, no, no, and no. LOL. Never been in an accident, struts and shocks are all fine and the same length. I have no Idea whats going on with it, but it really gets on my nerves!

Could the ball joints be bad?

BennyBlown2v · Apr 14, 2006

SilverBullet00 said:
ahh, no, no, no, and no. LOL. Never been in an accident, struts and shocks are all fine and the same length. I have no Idea whats going on with it, but it really gets on my nerves!

Could the ball joints be bad?

Factory tolerances suck. Your ball joints could be bad... Jack up the car and tug up/down on the wheel, if it moves up/down a significant ammount (not suspension travel) then that could be an issue. You could always buy some coilovers...or airbags

loosescrew79 · Apr 14, 2006

menasci said:
Being a Ford?

THAT EXPLAINS ALOT!!!!

DropTopPony · Apr 14, 2006

Uncle Meat said:
This is what causes it.

oh baby come to papa

san~man · Apr 14, 2006

Try a 40 year old chassis... FTL

SilverBullet00 · Apr 14, 2006

Alright, well I guess I will just have to live with it. I went out today and took everything apart and put the springs back in with no lower isolators (so I could make sure they are sitting in the pocket correctly) and I still have the same damn problem. I guess this is just the way its going to be!

Hornetsnest · Apr 14, 2006

I've got pretty much the same problem you do on my 04 GT with the same suspension setup. I've had it aligned and even asked the shop about it. They said some cars just do that for some reason. Guess I could take out the left isolators to make it even

MaxedGT · Apr 15, 2006

SilverBullet00 said:
Its driving my absolutely crazy, my front passanger side sits higher than the driver side front! The rear tire/fender gap is pretty even, but up front the driver side sits about 1/4-1/2 lower than the passanger side. Anyone know what could cause this?

When I first bought the car it did this as well, so I swapped out the springs and shocks/struts and it still does it! I am going to get under it tomorrow and see if the spring is properly sitting in the control arm - can anyone else recommend anything else to check out??? Is it possible the ball joints are going out?

Mines like that too. About 1/4" differance. It's something no-one else will ever notice. Maybe the left side of the car is just heavier than the right. I repalced coil springs in a 70 Cutlass once, the front springs were marked left and right. I say just ignore it.

Mike97gt · Apr 15, 2006

Uncle Meat said:
This is what causes it.

MMMM shes hot.

drunkenfarmer · Apr 15, 2006

move ur battery to the trunk, will take 40 lbs off that side and put it where u need traction, and at the same time it will improve ur 1/4 time, jeez

damacman · Apr 16, 2006

svttech76 said:
MMMM shes hot.

I like the flood pants myself . . . least' the stripes aren't vertical!

tomustang · Apr 16, 2006

drunkenfarmer said:
move ur battery to the trunk, will take 40 lbs off that side and put it where u need traction, and at the same time it will improve ur 1/4 time, jeez

Nice way to spell Bullitt in you sig, genius.

On the way:
bullit 13" front brakes
bullit suspension (springs, shocks & struts)
tint

jeez

urban96 · Apr 16, 2006

the spring may not be seated in the mount properly if you wanted you could heat up the spring on the higher side with a torch untill it lowers even with the other side

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