Lowered my 07...now a problem,Help please
04-12-2011, 08:16 PM
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Lowered my 07...now a problem,Help please
I just bought some springs and struts/shocks from a memeber here. They are Progress springs and KYB's. They appear to be in very good shape so I dont see anything wrong there,no obvious anyway.
Now,heres my problem. After I put everything on and drove the car it seems to have a strange "pull". Whats really strange is that sometimes it pulls to the left and sometimes it pulls to the right. After I make a turn the steering wheel doesnt center very well. I have to center it myself. Its a pretty strange problem. I havent noticed any noises or anything out of the ordinary.
About 2 years ago I had it lowered before. That time I had Eibachs and KYB's. The only reason I took them off was because where I was working I drove down some rough roads. I never had this problem with the Eibachs and before I put on the Progress springs it was fine as well.
Any ideas??
Now,heres my problem. After I put everything on and drove the car it seems to have a strange "pull". Whats really strange is that sometimes it pulls to the left and sometimes it pulls to the right. After I make a turn the steering wheel doesnt center very well. I have to center it myself. Its a pretty strange problem. I havent noticed any noises or anything out of the ordinary.
About 2 years ago I had it lowered before. That time I had Eibachs and KYB's. The only reason I took them off was because where I was working I drove down some rough roads. I never had this problem with the Eibachs and before I put on the Progress springs it was fine as well.
Any ideas??
04-12-2011, 08:55 PM
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No I didnt align it. To be honest when I had my Eibachs on I never had it aligned either. The guy at my local shop said that an alignment on these cars is kind of a waste. He told me they could only adjust toe and not camber, is this true?
04-13-2011, 10:06 AM
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I really dont think so. They appear to be in very good shape. The guy I bought them from said they have less than 1000 miles on them. Id be really surprised if that were the problem.
As far as mounting goes, on the top plate there is an "F" and Im assuming that is the front,correct.?? There is also the word "out",Im assuming that means that it should face "out" or towards the tire, correct??
I havent heard any clicking sounds though.
04-13-2011, 11:01 AM
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its the alignment for sure, had the very same problem in a gto i worked on. exact same problem.
you guys are lucky you can lower your cars, i live in southern California, the roads here suck!! it would turn my max into a rattle trap.
you guys are lucky you can lower your cars, i live in southern California, the roads here suck!! it would turn my max into a rattle trap.
04-13-2011, 01:17 PM
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Ok Ill do the alignment. Ill have to wait a week or so until I get the funds to do so,but Ill report my findings. Thanks for the help everyone.
dstruct...no problem at all. I just didnt experince this problem with the Eibachs. Other than this little hiccup everything was great. Thanks a bunch!!
dstruct...no problem at all. I just didnt experince this problem with the Eibachs. Other than this little hiccup everything was great. Thanks a bunch!!
04-13-2011, 01:22 PM
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Im in Socal too. For the most part I havent had any problems.
04-13-2011, 07:34 PM
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04-16-2011, 08:58 AM
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04-16-2011, 09:00 AM
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These "new" springs are actually used. I bought them from an org member who said they were about 9 months old. I followed the instructions here: http://forums.maxima.org/6th-generat...ions-pics.html His drop seem immediate, he doesn't mention anything about time to settle. I'm completely lost!
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