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Old Apr 25, 2003 | 09:09 PM
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Ok, So I have Eibach Sportlines on my 00 Civic coupe...

everything feels fine, except...

the back - right side of my car is higher than the every other corner of my car... On all other corners my tires are slightly tucking, but there is still a 1 finger gap on that 1 corner...

how on earth is this possible? that one corner has not settled yet?? is this common? is it my allignment? will a camber kit fix this (since I do need one since my tires look like / \ )

* I'm on 17's if this helps 2054017
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Old Apr 26, 2003 | 01:42 AM
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yea it needs a little settling down...but i've known some people with springs that have stayed like that for a while...so they decided to sell it and get another set or change brands...
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Old Apr 26, 2003 | 02:24 AM
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could be the pigtail isnt seated properly on the shock body. just jack it back up and look if thats the problem. its either that or maybe you left 1 bumpstop uncut.
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Old Apr 26, 2003 | 03:57 AM
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I get that with all my Honda's. If you jack up the car, you'll notice that the passangers side will lift first cause it's lighter. In Japan this would be perfect with the drivers weight on the right side, but they didn't switch everything to the other side when importing them here. And you shouldn't be riding directly on the bump stops while parked, so it's not cause you didn't cut them. If you are that low, then you're too damn low anyways.
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Old Apr 26, 2003 | 12:56 PM
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Originally posted by Motohip
I get that with all my Honda's. If you jack up the car, you'll notice that the passangers side will lift first cause it's lighter. In Japan this would be perfect with the drivers weight on the right side, but they didn't switch everything to the other side when importing them here. And you shouldn't be riding directly on the bump stops while parked, so it's not cause you didn't cut them. If you are that low, then you're too damn low anyways.
So your saying than that this is normal? If I could just get that one corner to settle down alittle more it would be the perfect height, 3/4 of my tires are tucking... that one corner ruins the mix for me...

how can I get it to settle faster? why did 3 springs settle except for that one ?
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Old Apr 26, 2003 | 05:41 PM
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Has the car ever been wrecked??

Uni-boby can tweak enough to do something like this.
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Old Apr 26, 2003 | 06:46 PM
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No, no wreaks or accidents of any kind... does Eibach have a history of these problems, i think it might be the spring
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Old Apr 27, 2003 | 12:57 PM
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I've heard of people having this problem.
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Old Apr 27, 2003 | 05:11 PM
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I'm pretty sure they came with a warranty, I'm gonna try and take them back. I bought them from a Honda dealership, they might be good about replacing them for me... but then I'm wondering about installation which I paid $250 for...
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Old Apr 27, 2003 | 05:25 PM
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check to make sure the rubber btw the spring and hat is properly seates. sometimes its gets folded, etc
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