Front sits higher...why?

[TomoHawk]

59ghia, This is pretty typical when the springs have been replaced with aftermarket units. Probably because the springs have a higher rating.

So you think that if you put in a set of (matched) springs, the car should sit level?

thx

[Brett240]

ok some good points here but....

regardless of what alot of people think your sway bar CAN come into play when fitting lowered springs. yes a sway bar is not designed to put a force on the suspension in regards to the cars 'up and down' movement, but in real life at least a larger bar like the one mentioned will, becouse yeah you will get a little binding. unless your sway bar is the size of a toothpick it will never rotate freely in its bushes on the chassis.

My car has an adjustable coil over spring setup and front 24mm sway bar. Im always mucking around with the ride height. If i bring down the collars under my springs to lower the ride height by 20mm the car might drop 2 or 3mm at best. next up is to adjust the sway bar mounts on each side (at the suspension arms). These are the upright links inbetween the sway bar and your suspension arm. increasing the length will reduce the pre load on the bar and let the springs compress to their normal level.

try this out first becouse its very common with large sway bars, finding a bush to correctly fit a 24 or larger bar for an s30 isnt easy (at least in aus)

[59ghia]

Brett240z

I think your right, I have yet to go out and disconnect my bar to check, But I did notice where the bend is towards the a-arm the bar comes very close to the frame rails. I'll go out and play with it Monday nite and see what happens.

Dave