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Old Aug 12, 2008 | 11:51 PM
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i recently put a drop on my truck and noticed that the left front sits lower than the right front. I cannot for the life of me figure out why and i am asking for your guy's input. I have changed the shocks around and that did nothing, i changed the sway bar link and nothing there either. all i have left to try is take both coils out and measure them to make sure they are the same length. This is puzzling me any help is apreciated thanks in advance

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Old Aug 13, 2008 | 12:05 AM
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Maybe one coil didn't seat correctly when you installed them?
Whatever it is, I'd start on the high side and check that first.
 
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Old Aug 13, 2008 | 01:20 AM
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sway bar?
 
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Old Aug 13, 2008 | 04:41 AM
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Originally Posted by DocZ
Maybe one coil didn't seat correctly when you installed them?
Whatever it is, I'd start on the high side and check that first.
I agree.

More then likely, when you installed the coils, they did not seat correctly in the lower control arms, you have to make sure the end of the coil is in the part that goes down the most, not sure how to explain it, also use the rubber tops for them when you install them on the upper part.

Also if you did anything more then 2in drop, i would suggest taking a look at the bumpstops, maybe one is resting on one that is broken or not there causing it to sit lower, i suggest cutting them off, but not all the way, i left about 1.5in of it so it wouldn't be metal to metal.
 
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Old Aug 13, 2008 | 09:52 AM
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i did check the coil on the high side it wasn't completly seated but it did not seem to make a diffrence. i did cut off the bump stops so i no thats not the problem, but i am going to take apart the left front and make sure everything got put together right.
 
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Old Aug 13, 2008 | 10:13 AM
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ummm park it on a level surface



j/k but i agree w/ everything said here they all beat me to it
 
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Old Aug 13, 2008 | 12:29 PM
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Tire Pressure? Muaha...ha.
 
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Old Aug 13, 2008 | 02:39 PM
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i took apart the whole front end today and made sure everything on both sides match and put everything back togehter and it still made no difference so i'm stumped.
 
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Truck ever been in an accident?
 
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Old Aug 14, 2008 | 01:48 PM
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it was in a fender bender before i got it but the only thing replaced was the right front fender. which is the side that sits higher. I think the height of the right front is what the height is supposed to be. my next plan is to try to find a rubber spacer i can put on top of the spring to make up the difference
 
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