I installed a set of Eibach Prokit springs a month or so ago. My car then went in for some collision repair and paint. I have been driving the car for about a week now, and I have noticed that the RF sits higher than the LF by exactly an inch! The RF height is 25.75" measured on a concrete garage floor at wheel CL; the LF is 24.75". The rear is nice and level at 27" a side.

I know that springs require a settle in time, but its actually had over a month of sitting with the weight on them. I did also replace the LF fender with a fender off of an 88 RS my friend gave me. Would the the fender have been made differently causing an illusion of height difference?

Thanks for any help...

 

the fenders are the same!! 'you sure the bender didn't bend something else?

 

No, not sure. Any ideas as to how to tell??? I have not yet aligned my car because my exhaust sits so low I can't pull my car onto our alignment rack at work. Checking some of the alignment angles may shed some light. I am going to try to get that fixed tomorrow or later this week.

If you or anyone has any knowledge or what, where, and how to measure for squarness of the frame, I would appreciate the info.

Thanks

 

The first time I installed my Eibachs I had the same problem. Did you do them yourself? Here is a link to ebmiller88's website where he clearly shows how to index your springs. I redid my springs as he shows and it's the correct height, both sides. If you're not a do-it-yourselfer, it may be difficult to get a shop to follow your explicit instructions...many think their way is right and you're the uneducated customer.

Anyway, on to the link... look at the picture I linked to, and the next two pictures (33,34,35)

http://f2.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/tar...&.dnm=6bcf.jpg

Adam

 

Excuse me, pictures 32,33,34 - opps

 

Well, I was pretty careful to install the springs correctly. I will try to get it in the air at work tomorrow and see what they look like just to be sure! I made that mistake once already, the first time I installed lowering springs when I was like 17. This time, like all the times in between, I did as shown in the pics. Maybe they just need more time to settle in, or there may be some bendage from my previous accident. I will try to figure this out...

Thanks for the tips ya'll

 

By chance did the body shop remove them and forget to put back in one of the isolators? I would pull the short side and check them out. Indexing the springs is more important up front. There won't be a serious height difference if the rears are slightly off.

 

I don't think so, but I will take a look see. Hopefully its just something small.