Suspension and Chassis Questions about your suspension? Need chassis advice?

a very hard ?, need help and ideas.

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Old May 22, 2002 | 08:08 AM
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a very hard ?, need help and ideas.

just had all four springs replaced with the Eibach pro-kit, and had the shocks and struts replaced with KYBs. the ? is in the right rear of the car is sitting about a 1/2 inch to 3/4 inch lower than the left (driver) side. the weird thing about is that it sat like this with the factory springs as well.

what can i do to correct this? could i put a spacer in the springs to give more lift?

its a 1987 Iroc-Z
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Old May 22, 2002 | 09:44 AM
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I would make sure you dont have any damaged components. Also, make sure the springs are seated correctly. Did you do the work yourself or have a shop do it?
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Old May 22, 2002 | 10:30 AM
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i had the shop do it, but i was there and everything seemed okay, the funny thing is that it sat the same way with Iroc springs.
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Old May 22, 2002 | 12:09 PM
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I would say you need to make some measurements.
I am guessing that you have determined this by
say eyeballing the fender wells....

1. Park it on a level surface.
2. Measure the distance from the lower control arm mounts to the floor.
(both sides)

3. Measure the distance from the front A-arm mounts to the floor
(both sides)

4. Put the car on jackstands. The jackstands should be under the
a-arms in front and under the axle in the rear. The car must be
a good aproximation of "level"

5. Measure the distance from the spring perch to the frame
(both sides)

6. Measure the distance from the a arm to the K member

This should give you a pretty good idea as to what to do
next....
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Old May 22, 2002 | 12:12 PM
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I think urbman has a good idea. Post your results after doing that and we can take it from there.
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Old May 22, 2002 | 12:23 PM
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okay thanks guys, i'll try to do it in the next few days. I'll pull it into my job warehouse area, that should be pretty level.
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Old May 22, 2002 | 03:23 PM
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I'm not sure what year your car is but I have a printout of all the measurement of the chassis for a 91' Camaro, the type that professional body shops use for their frame racks. If your interested I can try and get it scanned for you.
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Old May 22, 2002 | 04:19 PM
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Originally posted by grafx
I'm not sure what year your car is but I have a printout of all the measurement of the chassis for a 91' Camaro, the type that professional body shops use for their frame racks. If your interested I can try and get it scanned for you.
I have the same uneven rear end problem. My dad said just get Air Shocks and be done with it - which I might *shrug*, but i kinda wanna make sure its not a big deal first (like a busted LCA or something)... Anyways, if you get that data sheet scanned up, please send it to warlord_600@hotmail.com!!
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