zie001

Guys.... i just got my car running better than when i bought it, i asked you gusy aboutthe dile problem i was havng. anyways everything inthe engine and what not is done, i got new shocks.. tokico 5way adjustables. Now where im confused is the car is sittign lower on the drivers side wheel well, the body is straight but i dunno, mechanicn told me it isnt the spr9ings.. anyways since the left is so low( car is lowered amyways) it pushed out my fender, and ate a little of my tire... i took it to the body shop to ix it but asked him to look at it and see if its the srping again(evven tho the mechanic said no). i spoek to the guy who i bought the car from and he says the springs are like 10 years old so.... what should i do.. anyone who can help me out here.. and h yea not a axle badand no structural damage...o it cant be the frame... im confued, anyways other than that the car is great.. but i wanna get this fixed so i dont fix the fender and poaint it and this happen again. pease help.. and ill put some pics of the car... before the fender crap happened. some of u might like.. sutoms paint and what not.

manny34711

its normal for the drivers side to sit a little lower, how much lower is it

YoshiFD3S

iTrader: (19)

Car + driver = more weight on left side of the car, which is what manny above me is saying as well.

Replace those springs...right...about....now.

New struts + stock springs = bad idea anyways. Just look at all the bouncy ricers in their hondas with cheap struts and stock springs. Bouncy bouncy bouncy.

DaleClark

iTrader: (55)

The strut mount is your problem. The driver's side sags more over time, resulting in a lower ride height there.

Here's my writeup on shocks/springs, with a discussion on changing the front rubber shock mounts -

http://www.clubrx.org/default.asp?id...ntent=36&mnu=5

Dale

recon fd

I have tokico 5 ways also and have somewhat the same problem. My driver side doeesnt sit any lower, but one time I was going up a curb and my tire rolled the fender out. It sucks. Two more guys from this area did the same thing. I have 17x8.5 in the front though

-josh

Herblenny

iTrader: (13)

I'm just curious.. Did you just change the struts with 10+ year old stock springs?

Acturally.. I don't remember where and exactly when.. but I remember back when someone was telling me about stock FD suspension.. something about our driver side was lower because in japan it was right hand drive and when the driver sits it will even out. But they didn't change the set up for US spec... and kept the same suspension.. As it aged, it got lower.

Someone correct me if this is wrong.. It was when I lived in Cincy when I heard this.. I'm not sure how true that was..

afterburn27

iTrader: (5)

what offset and tire size?

manny34711

time for new spings bro

DaveW

My original springs are almost 14 years old (from the time the car was built) and they have no sagging problems. However, if yours are aftermarket springs, it's possible they were not made properly (too low yield strength, etc.) and they could sag after large deflections.

IRPerformance

iTrader: (41)

Always replace shocks and springs together. A blown out shock will wear out a spring over time and vice versa. Also, all the rubber mounting hardware should be replaced too. This included the upper mounts as well as the rubber insulators that the springs sit on. These cars are old and rubber deteriorates. In my opinion by the time you get done replacing all that it is better to just get coilovers. People half *** it and then wonder why they have rubbing problems.