01-17-2022, 10:49 AM | #1 |
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Uneven Ride Height
I was planning on installing my MSS kit on my G80 and took measurements before the drop and noticed a difference of 3/16" between the driver side and passenger side for both front and rear. Driver side is higher.
I figured after installing the springs it may even out, granted they are still settling since it's a new install. After driving about 50 miles the difference is still 3/16". Is this unevenness normal, and should I adjust either side to match one another? Is the passenger side heavier on our cars? |
01-17-2022, 12:28 PM | #3 |
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I was watching a video from whatsyourforte. He was lowering his g80 and took measurements and talks about this. Definitely worth the watch. Hope that helps
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01-17-2022, 01:00 PM | #4 |
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Could be urban legend but read once a long time ago its intended to roughly compensate for driver weight.
Have no idea if its true or not.
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01-17-2022, 01:51 PM | #5 |
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This may well be…there are tolerances on all the body parts, so it may be that the car height is even, but when measuring u notice a difference…u often notice that even more when corner balancing a car…
But what is interesting here that it's the same front and back…so could well be to compensate the driver weight |
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01-17-2022, 02:27 PM | #7 |
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I did the measurement on my G82 before the MSS install.
I was surprised to find out that the height was exactly the same on driver's side vs. the passenger's side. Measured from bottom of the wheels to fender: Front: 25-3/16" Rear: 25-3/4" |
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01-17-2022, 02:55 PM | #8 |
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This could very well be compensating for driver weight, however I didn't know they did this out of the factory.
When corner balancing my car, I often sit in the driver's seat while they do it. While height does play a role in balancing the car, it's more of a product of weight over each wheel that determines how the weight is distributed and the suspension setting for each corner.
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