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Old Apr 20, 2008 | 04:05 AM
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alright well guys i had shot control arms and a bad strut... so i replaced all the front control arms with a kit from blauparts... and i also installed vogtland coilovers, but my major problem is that the drivers side is a half an inch lower than the passenger side... even though both of the coils are set at the same thread heights..
What could be the problem.. Would the control arms be a factor in the height difference?
what can i do to fix the problem ?

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Old Apr 20, 2008 | 11:37 AM
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I could see if you only did one side of new control arms cause it would be stiffer, but you did all, so. Did you wait to tighten your stuff all the way down until you had a full load on the suspension, cause the suspension is recommendedto have most of the cars weight on it before torqued down. What did the alignment shop say when you took it in the get realigned? Last thing, maybe you can get it corner balanced from a pro shop to help.
 
Old Apr 20, 2008 | 04:23 PM
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yeah i did both sides, upper, lower and tierods.. its pretty much impossible to tighten and torque all the bolts when the car is on the ground because you can't get wrenches or a torque wrench passed the wheel when it is on. however i read all the diy's and they said it would be also ok if i just jacked up the the rotor aka that it would fake as if the wheel was on the ground. i just finished the job, haven't even driven the car the shop thats doing my alignment because this problem is on my mind...
 
Old Apr 20, 2008 | 09:01 PM
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For the tierods, you did try to count the threads as close as possible right? And jacking up on it is what I meant about the load. where the coils the same laid out on the ground, you may just have to have the alignment or adjustment made by whoever is aligning it, even if you did get it down, they may end up changing it alot anyways.
 
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