so I finally received my illumina today that i bought from the group deal.
install went smoothly and it took me about 3 hours.
after i droped my car from the jack, i realize that my right rear is about half finger higher than the left rear. i thought it might settle after some driving even though the spring is used.
but it never becames even so far.
did anybody had same experience with sprints??
i can't get alignment done until i solve this problem!!!
please help me genius .orgers

-John

 

Odd...
Any weight in the car on that side? Music? Fat chick?

 

it's just empty car

 

did u leave a wrench in between the strut and the spring or what.. lol

 

Thats really weird, I mean as long as the car is on flat level ground I dont see why it would be doing that... and as long as the installation was all correct..

 

I've done suspention install few times by myself.
so I have confidence that I have done everything correctly.
I double checked before i mounted the strut on the car.
I should have compared height of two rear springs before I installed it,
but who really does that when they install springs

 

eh.. pics??

just take that side out and check it and re-install it.. the rear is easy to do anyways. Shouldn't take long.

 

I'll post pic as soon as i get my digital camera delivered
and yea I will take it out and compare it later, but definitely not today.
too tired from all the work.

 

what color is your sprint springs? cuz i got mine off this dude and it's red. i suspect it's drop zone springs. let me know.

 

mine is dark blue which i assume it's sprint spring's color?

 

daymn it! when i opened the box and the springs are red, i knew something is up.... he better PM me back....

 

awww...
sprints really have high rear.
so i know i'm gonna get flamed for saying this but I will.
I did cut 1 dead coil from the rears.

 

sprint's are higher in the rear... by a noticable amount. I have sprints, and the front has almost no gap, while the rear sits higher.

I love the way the front end of my car looks, but from a side view it can look a little awkward sometimes, at certain angles. I'm not exactly a perfectionist so it doesn't bother me that much... but if I had the extra money to throw around, I would probably swap out to different springs. eibachs or something.

maybe if I had 50 series tires instead of 45, the rear wouldn't look so funny?

 

Red sprints? Never heard of those... The sprints I got for my uncle were dark blue as well... And came in a shiny white and blue sprint box.

 

dang happyricefob.. your just getting bad luck in everything arnt you... hey who is that under your name? i asked you in another tread but you never replied

 

my gf

yea i donno waz up but i'm getting pretty upset... if it happens to be drop zone springs and it sags in the rear, i'm gonna cut 1 coil in the front and even it out. and i will also report this guy to sprintmax/gtr_rider regarding false "for-sale" item... perhaps get some of my $$ back cuz drop zone is like $70 shipped brand new.

i'm gonna install it this week and he better hope the rear doesn't sag cuz if it does, then it's drop zone...

 

thats your gf? cute girl... look at my post under the thread called 96 red clears or sumtin like that

 

would the gap in the rear even out with the front if you have a sub in the back??

 

unless you have heavy a$$ subs, it won't even out.

 

This is probably a dumb question but did you think that the springs could be uneven? You might have to do the whole install over again just to make sure.

 

i have had the same issue for 3yrs .. one side in the rear sits higher than the other

 

Possibly one of the springs isn't seated quite right onto the mount? I'm sure you already know this, but they have very specific rotational positions. You also mentioned that you cut the rear springs, are you certain they were even after cutting?

 

my subs and custom fiberglass box is an extra 100lbs in the back its a gets rid of the high rear but u can still see it if your picky but i love it.

 

update: today I drove to Diamond Bar to help my friend to install eibach springs on his Tuscani a.k.a Tiburon. the drive was about 35 miles, and when i got to my friends house, I see my right rear has two finger gap which evened out with others. So I thought it finally settled and evened out. then I helped my friend and drove another 35 miles to home. and when I checked the gap on the right rear, it's back to 2.5 finger gap
help me guys!!!

 

And when I park on my uneven driveway, my right rear has a 0 finger gap, while my left has a 5 finger gap. Did you ever think that maybe the driveway you're parked on is uneven, and the one in DB is flat?

The only way to test for spring unevenness is to corner-weight your car by putting a car scale under each wheel.

I'm pretty sure your springs are just fine.

 

also if you get your car alinged the print out should tell you front/rear ride hieght