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DMCflux
12-14-2014, 12:50 PM
I just installed new front shocks and lowering springs. One side is a quarter of an inch higher than the other side. . . :hmm::hmm::hmm:
Patrick C
12-14-2014, 01:13 PM
What are you measuring? Gap in the wheel wells?
DMCflux
12-14-2014, 01:15 PM
What are you measuring? Gap in the wheel wells?

Wheel gap, frame to floor, lower front to floor
PJ Grady Inc.
12-14-2014, 01:30 PM
That's about as even as most Deloreans get! Anyway you'll have to wait 500 miles or so for the springs/isolator bushings to settle in before seeing an accurate post "settlement" ride height regardless of whose suspension it is.
Rob Grady
DMCflux
12-14-2014, 01:32 PM
That's about as even as most Deloreans get! Anyway you'll have to wait 500 miles or so for the springs/isolator bushings to settle in before seeing an accurate post "settlement" ride height regardless of whose suspension it is.
Rob Grady

Thank you
PJ Grady Inc.
12-14-2014, 03:05 PM
Thank you

I forgot to mention the importance of measuring on a hard level (Check the floor with a level) surface.
Rob
Bitsyncmaster
12-14-2014, 04:16 PM
If you still have OEM bushings, those can put some different forces on each side. You should tighten the bushings with the weight of the car on the wheels. Both upper and lower bushings can do that. Maybe your new springs are shorter and you need to loosen and re-torque those. The Poly bushings don't have that problem since the inner pipe slides in the bushing.
Jonathan
12-14-2014, 04:22 PM
Wheel gap, frame to floor, lower front to floor

Did you take these same measurements before the new parts were installed (for comparison)?
DMCMW Dave
12-14-2014, 06:58 PM
Did you take these same measurements before the new parts were installed (for comparison)?

Good question. Nobody ever measures the "before" height. The cars are not straight even when new. You may find that the fender on one side is shimmed more than the other to get the doors to line up! There are differences in body molds and even the frames.
Nicholas R
12-14-2014, 07:19 PM
Truthfully if you're within 1/4-inch I think you're doing pretty well.
DMCflux
12-15-2014, 03:10 PM
No prior measurements. I appreciate all the feedback and am content with the minor difference.