Let me preface this by saving that I am not very experienced with doing work on my car (99 Integra Sedan).........I am learning slowly, but since none of my friends around here are really into cars, it is kind of difficult to pick things up (except for on this board of course lol ).

Anyways, while investigating a loud obnoxious rattle on the underside (heat shield broke loose), I realized that my drivers side front is approximately 1/4 inch lower than the rest of the car. What I mean is that the three other wheel wells have about a four finger gap, and the drivers side front has about a three finger gap. I know, I know, I need a drop.........so don't flame on that, I am working on it. I am completely stock and have done no racing, auto x, etc. This is basically just a daily driver that gets pushed a little every so often. I have stock wheels with Dunlop Sport A2's. The alignment seems to be ok, and the car does not pull left at all. Does anyone have any insight into what the difference in heights/problem might be? It is something that should be looked at or fixed?

Thanks in advance.

 

mine was like that too. all i can recommend is get some adjustable coilovers. :thumbup:

 

no offence but ............. are you a HEAVY guy????

 

i'm not, but you probably mean the other guy. Well, all of my corners were at different heights, give or take an inch which is a lot.

 

are the first owner of the car? maybe a blown shock? but then again, a 99 integra isnt that old

 

Sometimes you just get bad parts and I wouldn't rule this out. Just save some money and lower that big 4x4 of yours.

 

I'm pretty sure that blown shocks will not affect ride height since all shocks do is dampen. In the absence of a spring they are free to translate up and down.

 

Thanks for the thoughts guys. By the way, I am only about 185 pounds and the car only has 53,xxx miles on it. It is unusual for a spring (or maybe strut) to give out this early?

 

Very unusual. I had my stock shock/spring combo on my car till 120K and they are still in great shape.

 

My 97 GSR, bone stock, 80 K, is like that. I am only 140 lb but I drive alone most of the time though.