Finally cut H and R springs....confused about results.

[blackvr4]

Well I finally got sick of the Rake I that comes along with the H and R springs. Decided to cut the rear springs 1 Dead coil to level the car out. Well the driver sides sits great now! But the passenger side sits exactly how it did before. WTF. Any ideas?

Car is on Kyb AGXs

Thanks for any help!

 

[SleepinGVR4]

Whats wrong with the rake?

 

[fastfalcon94]

How long have you let it sit? Did you drive it? Maybe it needs to settle more. Did you shove the top rubber bushing all the way into the tophat? I cut my coils last weekend and it's the same on each side. I did 1.25 coils.

 

[blackvr4]

Quoting SleepinGVR4:
Whats wrong with the rake?



I hate how the rake looks.

I did drive it right after cutting, the springs have been on the car for about a year now. I just cut them last night. I will have to check to make sure the rubber bushing is all the way into the tophate but I am pretty sure it is.

Fastfalcon how even does your car sit? any pictures?

 

[belize1334]

Also make sure that the spring is rotated fully into the lower perch or you might get some jacking on that side. And of course there's the possibility that the opposite front wheel has suffered an unrelated issue which would cause it to dive and jack up the back corner.

 

[fastfalcon94]

This is with 1.25 coils cut.

 

[belize1334]

And you've observed this in different parking spaces too? Remember that most ground isn't actually level.

Get under the car and measure the distance between the upper coils on both sides. That'll tell you which wheel is carrying more weight. If the tall side is carrying less weight then the car is leaning away from it and the wheel is drooping. If it's carrying more weight then it's too long on that side for some reason which is jacking the car up. I suspect that the suspension isn't fully seated. Check the upper and lower spring perches (comparing left to right) and then make sure the upper mount is fully seated in the wheel-well.

 

[blackvr4]

Here is a picture, it sits even now, dont know what was causing it to sit unevenly earlier. Still a tiny bit of rake I think