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why is my 80 sitting down on one side

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why is my 80 sitting down on one side

Post by scottmcguinness172 »

hey all why the Fu*k is my 80 sitting down on one side its really annoying i have swapped the coils over on the front and back i had coil packers i took them out and its still sitting down on the passenger side itss soooo annoying i have lovells coils is it just lovells or what can anyone till me what can be done or how to messure it to figure out the problem is or something

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Post by flynn »

hehe fat man lean....or turbo lean

my lux does it also

possibe reasons are: springs sagging, the fuel tank in on that side, drivers lean(fat man lean...because there is always a someone on the driverside its more likely to sag quicker...dont know if its true but hey) and also turbo lean...ur turbo is so fully sick and huge its weighing down the side of your car....

but yeah take ur pic......
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Post by scottmcguinness172 »

its the passenger side that leans down atleast 15mm its deffenatly noticable even when its got no fuel in it it does it
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Post by Daisy »

not sure if you knew this but arnt springs different on the drivers and passenger side? to compensate for the weight on each side.

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Post by scottmcguinness172 »

the rear ones are marked passenger and drivers side yes but the front ones arnt
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Post by ferrit »

you just swapped em over, therefore the sagged springs are now on the other side...

The drivers side ALWAYS sags out before the passenger side- due to fuel tanks, and you ALWAYS have a driver in the vehicle, you dont always have the passenger.

The drivers front leaf pack on a hilux is 10mm taller than the others for this reason.
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Post by scottmcguinness172 »

no matter what i so no matter what spring i swap its allways sagged on the same side its the 2nd time i have changed them over im thinking maybe the chassie could be bent or something my mate has the sme lift as me and his cruiser is sitting dead level i need to borough a set of coils to try but even if my car has sagged on the passenger side i put the other coil in the other side like swap them shouldnt it mean the other side should be lower? :bad-words:
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Post by dow50r »

Buy somecoil spacers or make some ou of rubber...you may be pinched onthe rear spring tops...make sure they are sitting right.
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Post by simkell »

sounds like your chasis is twisted slightly take it to a panel beater who can check it for alignment. shouldn't be to much to straighten it. or just level it with coil spacers.
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Post by griff »

do you have extra/oversize battery on the d/side? Had this happen b4.
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Post by +dj_hansen+ »

Daisy wrote:not sure if you knew this but arnt springs different on the drivers and passenger side? to compensate for the weight on each side.

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The springs on LHS vehicle are also generally designer to take into account cross fall on roads aswell.... :D
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