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Weird wheel gap

Old Jan 3, 2008 | 07:04 PM
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So my dad does me a "favor" by taking my car to get the tires rotated early this morning. He comes back and my car has huge wheel gap, more so than ever. Now, currently I'm on stock suspension, so I know theres gap, but now its even more, and I'm not the only one that noticed it, so its not just all in my head about how bad I need to lower the car.


Any ideas what this could be? I know when you replace shocks/springs, you sometimes have to let the car set a bit so it lowers all the way, but not for rotating tires??? Its really odd.
 
Old Jan 3, 2008 | 07:08 PM
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let it sit for a day i bet it will settle back down. It's kinda like the springs get to stretch out so that the car stands a little higher once it's set back down. but it should settle back to its orriginal height
 
Old Jan 3, 2008 | 07:37 PM
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check with the garage that did it that they didn't do you a "favor" by loosening up the control arms, let them hang down while on the lift, then torque them back.That willcausea really short bushing life for the control arms. I have no idea why they would do anything like that though... It probably will settle.
 
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