Alpina D3 ride height

[Jedimindtrix]

Hi all

just washed the car and noticed that the rear of the car is at different heights?

The rear driver side is sitting lower than the rear passenger side, by around 3/4 of an inch, I filled up the tank 1 day ago but this wouldn't affect it would it?

Checked the tyre pressure and both rears are at 38psi.

Any ideas?

Thanks

Edited by Jedimindtrix on Saturday 9th July 11:20

[northandy]

Jedimindtrix said:

Hi all

just washed the car and noticed that the rear of the car is at different heights?

The rear driver side is sitting lower than the rear passenger side, by around 3/4 of an inch, I filled up the tank 1 day ago but this wouldn't affect it would it?

Checked the tyre pressure and both rears are at 38psi.

Any ideas?

Thanks

Edited by Jedimindtrix on Saturday 9th July 11:20

Boken rear spring ?

[Jedimindtrix]

Just remeasured, its out by around 1.5cm, I think the spring is ok its just my OCD kicking in

[Deerfoot]

Jedimindtrix said:

Just remeasured, its out by around 1.5cm, I think the spring is ok its just my OCD kicking in

Is the car on a perfectly flat surface? You`ll be amazed how much difference it can make.

[Jedimindtrix]

Its in the garage, just checked front ride height, height of front spoiler to floor and they seem to be ok.

[gizlaroc]

This has been talked about for years on BMWs.

Many reckon that BMW put the battery in the boot on the right as in 90% of countries the driver is on the left and it balances things out, however on RHD cars it doesn't. So intentional but doesn't really make sense over here.

[Jedimindtrix]

Thanks for the help lads, took it for a hoon and its driving ok.

[Zwoelf]

gizlaroc said:

This has been talked about for years on BMWs.

Many reckon that BMW put the battery in the boot on the right as in 90% of countries the driver is on the left and it balances things out, however on RHD cars it doesn't. So intentional but doesn't really make sense over here.

I'm sure that was the case with E36s, so would make sense still. 1.5cm seems quite a deviation for 15 or so kg of battery though.

[Jedimindtrix]

I've looked at a few photo's of the D3 via classifieds, looks like they do sit low at the rear driver side.

Checked all the springs and PSI's on thd wheels and its all ok.

When looking under the car a lot seems to be fitted to the right hand side.

[Zwoelf]

If practical, try sitting an average weight person in the front passenger seat and see how it changes - I'd be interested to see if it then sits "square".

[E30M3SE]

This can be caused by the rear handbrake shoes being set up differently. Put the car on a flat/even level surface with no gradient, release the handbrake, (choke wheels or leave the car in gear) and remeasure.

[Swoxy]

Battery. Fuel. Supposedly, it's to balance out the weight of the driver on LHD cars. E36s have the same problem ...

Edited by Swoxy on Tuesday 12th July 15:45