I recently got my rear control arms put, in at a shop, (which they pretty much messed up) and I noticed just this week that one of my spring looks different compared to the other spring?

I dont have the tools to get under the car to do it myself, but I thought I could get some feedback if im wrong or not?

I parked the car on a flat surface with nothing heavy on either side so you tell me if its normal or not!

Rear Right Spring


Rear Left Spring

 

Something isn't correct.

 

Back to the shop and then never go there again.

 

Yeah I don't want to go there period and with my work I can't make it on their schedule. Which side looks wrong?

 

Correct me if I'm wrong, but the deadcoils are usually on top, right?

 

Dead coils? Lol English?

From the DIY? But can someone take a picture of there rear springs for me?
http://vqpower.com/images/howto/09eibach/IMAG0480.jpg

 

The coils that don't contribute to the actual spring effect; they look like a compressed slinky so to speak

 

Dead coils should sit on the stationary side (top) reducing "un-sprung" weight. Left spring is incorrect.

 

^ Correct the dead coils are on the top and springs are often designed this way, another term used is "coil bind".
Judging from your picture something isn't quite right.
It's been a couple years now since I installed my Eibachs but I thought I saw a couple coils together (on top) which is normal in some applications. Sometimes you see rubber around some select coils where they can make contact.

 

Dead coils go on top. And make sure they re-align your car after they swap the spring. Trust me it will throw off your alignment. Idiots.... That sucks bud.

 

Thanks. I'll try not to rage and be calm

 

Morons; yes, you'll have to fix that!

 

They said having the spring upside down won't throw off the alignment.... they will fix the spring but no alignment

 

That is false. In order to get the spring out you have to undo the spring bucket arm. When you bolt it back up it won't be the same. I guarantee it. It happened to my car.

 

Now they said they never touched the spring because it wasn't needed for the control arm install. . . I'm so confused

 

Normally that statement is true....as long as they aren't lying to you!

It's obvious (from your pictures) that at sometime in the past someone has had a wrench on the bolts for both rear lower links. The rust on the RH side bolt could indicate it was before these knuckle-heads touched your car. Who the hell knows?

P.S. The 2010 FSM RSU-9 illustration identifies these parts as #14 rear lower links. Calling them "spring bucket arms" as Racerbox does is actually a more descriptive term for the sake of these forum discussions.

 

To me it looks like your rear right spring has an insulator (rubber sleeve) that came off the spring and wedged itself between the top two turns of the spring. What looks like an extra coil turn must be the insulator. Just put it back on the spring in the same spot as your other side. Problem solved.