johngamez10

Hi guys.First off I have an 02' with 102k on the chassis. I just noticed that one side of the car (front passenger side) is significantly higher than the other (front driver side). The car is a salvage title and was hit on the front passenger side. I went for an alignment and they told me that the front passenger side wheel has a camber of two degrees and cannot be adjusted. Moreover, the driver side front is stuck at about zero degrees. Additionally the car pulls to the left at around 40-50 miles per hour. What's the problem here?? I am stuck and I neeed helpp. I hate driving it like this...

johngamez10

It's about 1 1/2" on the driver side and 2 3/4" on the passenger side from the tire to bottom of fender.

bewareofthepoop

Maybe spring spacers...

dwight

Utah S2K

When the the early cars shipped from the factory they had some rubber inserts (2) per spring. Early on dealers were forgetting to remove them during the pre-delivery inspection. It would give you an extra 1-3 inches as noted. I find it hard to believe it wasn't caught for all these years but it's easy to spot....just look for rubber blocks in the coils.

Utah

P.S. I found some on an '01 in 2010 so they are still out there. I was checking a car at a used car dealer in Salt Lake City for a guy in Vegas.

johngamez10

What..let me check and I will report back! I've never heard of this before hahaha.

johngamez10

I don't see any spacers. I took some pictures. You can see them here. My link
First pic is of the passenger side and second of the driver side...don't see anything.

MM3Kwolik

Maybe you have a blown shock? Also, it's possible they used a different spring/shock when rebuilding. The spring rates varied over the years. One way of checking to see if they're the same is to look at the paint colors on each of the coils. There is a chart somewhere to tell you what year they're from and what their rates are, but I guess in your situation it'd be good to see that they're at least both the same. Just a thought.... Good luck!

johngamez10

Can coilovers solve this issue?

realblag

The difference in camber will give the appearance of a height difference every time.