One side lower

[route]

Can somebody please help me on this.
I've got got Koni yellow and using sach springs. The shocks are second hand and according to the owner, its been used for only 5 months.
Ride is hard and handles well.

However, the left side of my car seems to be a little higher. The right side is a little less than 3 fingers but the left is a little bit more than 3 fingers for the front and back.

Why is this so ?

 

[Vlad]

let me guess , u driving a proton wira/satria/putra?

 

[route]

no, i driving old nissan march.
anybody can help? the car when look from the front can see it tilt one side...

 

[Vlad]

oic. what i was told by some mechanics are most proton wira/satria/putra are higher on the left side. due to the gearbox + engine angle.

 

[deftons]

i agree with Vlad..me myself driving a wira..can sense that driver side is abit lower than passenger side.. ;) proton mer..wat to do..haha

 

[wish9]

route is sayin he is not driving march ....
so, what u guys think?
issit both front n rear? or...?

 

[route]

erm i AM driving a march. :)
its for both front and rear on the left. seriously lost, duno what to do

 

[frogeye1975]

i have a E36 with full set Koni yellow..the same thing..driver side is lower..a bit too low though..can see it very obvious from front view..they changed a new one for me...also same...checked bushing...camber..etc..etc..still same..so i guess just gotta live with it.but hey..the handling is excellent for a small car like that! cheers bro..no worries!

 

[route]

Hi bro, can i know what springs are you on ?

I'm using sach springs that came with my sach shocks as a set. now i only change the shocks to koni but using back the same springs

 

[Kookaburra]

i have a E36 with full set Koni yellow..the same thing..driver side is lower..a bit too low though..can see it very obvious from front view..they changed a new one for me...also same...checked bushing...camber..etc..etc..still same..so i guess just gotta live with it.but hey..the handling is excellent for a small car like that! cheers bro..no worries!

For right hand drive E36 this is normal. Coz the car is designed as a left hand drive.

 

[route]

i'm gona change my springs from sach to tein lowering springs (medium). will it solve the one side lower problem that i'm facing ? or is it the koni shocks ?

 

[InitialD]

i agree with Vlad..me myself driving a wira..can sense that driver side is abit lower than passenger side.. ;) proton mer..wat to do..haha

Hey! I also noticed that with my car too. No wonder my tyres wear not even. The tyres on the right side tend to wear out more than the left. FYI, I am not fat. I weigh around 60kg.

 

[jeffayn]

It is very common for one side higher or lower than the other side +/-3mm as because the car engine never sat on the middle of the car and the left right weight of a car is not 50-50.

Dun worry, its totally fine.

 

[route]

my left front is 2cm higher than the left...
the back 1.5cm

 

[escaflowne]

my car is also one side lower than the other.looks like cacat but can't really feel if i'm driving,doesn't affect my cornering or watsoever.So i just dun care about it,guess it is normal.

 

[Kusa]

hehe.. my car also same ler.. when pek right corner, no problem, but pek left corner sure rear right tire kena the wheel arch.

but then again maybe i'm a little bit too overweight, so yeah.

 

[ANDY_RESORT]

Same goes for my Resort... I changed the front shocks to Sentra Genting taxi and already solve the problem last year..

BUt now still feel the same, abit lower on the driver side. I guess im overweight la.. 100kgs worr.. BUt in normal roads, it goes back to normal position..

THe tilting of the car due to this causes back pain for me ler.. coz once its lowered on 1 side, your body tend to push back to the left to balance.. and its hurting my back..

Its normal for cars to be like that... even so for overweight ppl. Best solution now is, reduce my weight !! HAHAH! Agree guys ?

OR are there any other shocks solutions for this phenomena .. ? :P

 

[route]

I'm 46kg only.. :P
Might have found the solution to my tilting. Friend say i need an adjustable lateral rod (Panhard rod).

 

[syking]

I'm 46kg only.. :P
Might have found the solution to my tilting. Friend say i need an adjustable lateral rod (Panhard rod).

Can that really fix it? I'm driving a saga and I noticed a long time ago, that it is tilted on the driver side. I thought only my car is like that. But, how come some cars out there are tilted? there must be some reason to it right?

 

[sam1741]

hahahhahahaa
my car also!!
the right side a bit lower...
but my car is FR the engine is right at center..
maybe la.. fueltank and battery weight effect...

or.. maybe i always park on un-even ground.. :D