Ride height
Ride height
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MethylatedSpirit

Original Poster:

2,103 posts

166 months

Saturday 12th April 2014
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Looking round the car I notice it sits a little higher at the front passenger side wheel. You can get 2 fingers in all 3 other arches but the front passenger side wheel is more than 3 fingers (an international standard of measurement wink )


Haven't got under to take a look. It's too cold. As-far as i'm aware, the suspension on the front is non adjustable.

I tried taking the wheel off. I eventually stood on the wheel brace, jumped on it, hit it with a sodding great big hammer. None of the bolts will come off laugh (Although anyone who has met me knows I'm no the heaviest of guys)

Any ideas? laugh

Edited by MethylatedSpirit on Saturday 12th April 23:48

wooly350i

2,248 posts

238 months

Saturday 12th April 2014
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What does te front wheel camber look like, both wheels equal or not?

MethylatedSpirit

Original Poster:

2,103 posts

166 months

Saturday 12th April 2014
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Both wheels look okay. No uneven Tyre wear.

Wedg1e

27,038 posts

295 months

Sunday 13th April 2014
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Probably just the body packings, could have been wonky from new or could have had a front-end repair.
What you need to see is whether the chassis itself is flat with respect to the floor. Park somewhere level, lie on the ground and sight along and across the chassis tubes with respect to the floor. This often shown the shell to be sitting skewed (my Esprit was that way as well).

V8 Fettler

7,019 posts

162 months

Sunday 13th April 2014
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Flat level ground and a tape measure needed. Compare pass side with drivers side, chassis, suspension mounting points, coil length (and damper length).

Might be an odd sized wheel? wink