Seetting coilovers height

Old Sep 17, 2017 | 10:33 PM
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Seetting coilovers height

I have a set up of tein basic z coilovers on my g37s i had a mechanic install it for me but i decided to drop it a lil bit more , so after i drop them more i notice that one side was higher than the other and i did the exact same numbers of threats on the shock i remember is was exactly 13 but for some reason the passanger side is a lil bit higher i could fit 2 fingers between the fender and the wheel and on the driver side i can fit about one finger and half of the other , so this is driving me crazy the only thing that cross my mind is that maybe the rear are not set the same on both sides so that may be causing the different height in the front , anybody having this issue like me ? Any recomendations ?
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Old Sep 18, 2017 | 12:19 AM
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Nothing sez a car must have equal corner weights. Thus there's no guarantee that 13 threads will leave the height the same. Plus, springs vary slightly in rate. Now, if you go to the trouble of corner-weighting, corner heights will definitely vary but the car will handle better.
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Old Sep 18, 2017 | 05:34 PM
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Corner balancing is good if you track your car outside of that there is really no point
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Old Sep 18, 2017 | 06:41 PM
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You sure like to poo-poo any mods that work best on tracks but still make a car feel better when not on the track.
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Old Sep 18, 2017 | 07:35 PM
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Corner balancing can definitely make a noticeable and positive change in a street car. Whether its worth the cost is subjective, but I definitely wouldn't say there was no point.
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Old Sep 18, 2017 | 09:06 PM
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my alignment guy explained to me that it doesnt need to be perfect and when you adjust one corner its like a see saw effect and the other corners will get adjusted also. so u raise one corner the other corners may or may not move down as a result. so u cant just go by thread and collar height but u can use it as guides
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