I recently lowered my car with Eibach springs and the car itself looks pretty even.

The funny thing is, on the passenger side front tire, I could stick three and a half fingers in the wheel gap. However, I could only stick in 2 and a half fingers on the driver side front tire.

Is there any reason why this is the case?

The only thing I can think of is that my right side tire is a Michelin Pilot Sport 235/45/17 and my left side tire is a Goodyear GT 235/45/17 that recently replaced my worn out Michelin.

Any ideas? Suggestions?

Thanks.

Jon

 

all the sc i see that are dropped on springs have that problem. Let them settle for a few days more and see. I have supra eibach springs and there is a 1/2" (lower) difference on the drivers side.

 

it's not just lowered springs... i have that on my stock suspension now too.

 

Same here even with the supra springs. I'm guessing there's more weight on the left side of the car. It was originally right hand drive, no? If you look at the Supra the exhaust is on the left side, hence the driver on the right side would cancel that out.

I also find that I make more spirited right hand turns than left.

 

Im dropped on TT eibachs as well, but both sides ar as equal as the eye can tell. The finger test also proves they are just about even. I get right about 2 fingers in the gap with my 19s.
I find that when i take spirited right turns the car loves them, but with the left turns the suspension will bottom out and the tire will hit the inner fender lip. There are a few scratches on the tire because of this but none on the drivers side.

As far as checking if the suspension is seated right, make sure the end of the coil is seated in the dimple of the perch correctly. If not, you can actually rotate the spring without dismounting the strut with a couple stiff jerks. Also, make sure that the large nut that holds the upper mount on is torqued to the right spec and not cross threaded. Over torque can cause it to sit lower while under torque would raise it up. These explainations would be assuming you got the ever elusive good set of eibachs. I have one of those sets =)

It may also be that your shocks are dying. That was my speculative reasoning for my passenger side bottoming out because i was unsure. When you lower the car on stock shocks, you change the stroke of the shock. That may cause it to leak blowing your shock.

 

wow.. and i thought I was the only one.. on stock height, my right side was about 2/3" lower. I currently have NA Supra Eibachs on and the right is about 1/3" lower still. Later today, or maybe tomorrow, I'm changing my springs to the new Falken Sport Gravity springs for an even lower drop. I hope this one evens it out more. I have KYB AGX shocks on, btw.

 

Thanks for the inputs, guys.

Hmmm.. looks like I am not the only one with this problem.

Perhaps it's just an inherent phenomenon with the SCs.

Jon

 

Update on this situation.

The funny thing is, I just replaced my front tires with a pair of Michelin Pilot Sport 245/45/17s. Now I've got an even 3.25 finger gap on both of my front fenders.

Weird, huh?

Jon

 

were the tires the same size?
Even if they are the same size, it may have come down to the design of the sidewall that dictates how much of the gap was filled out. Because they were different at one point, i can see this being the explaination

 

Yes, the tires I replaced (Goodyear HPR 235/45/17 and Michelin Pilot Sport 235/45/17) were the same size and specs.

It seems like Goodyear tire was a bit "meatier" than the Michelin on the sidewall. Perhaps that's why it left only 2.5 finger gap while the Michelin left 3.5.

Jon

 

Interesting, I didn't want to ask this question because I thought I was gonna get puzzled faces whenever someone read it Heheh... well my car was slightly higher on the RHS (ie. driver's side on a Soarer) when it was stock, I then fitted a set of coilovers (adjusted to the same height) and it was still a touch high on the driver's side (about 1/4"), so I dropped the RHS front to match the LHS of the car, and going around corners it would rub up against the tyre (235/40/18)... maybe it's just the design of the car?


Jose