Car leans to driver side.
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RobertwFiat124
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Car leans to driver side.
My car has been leaning to the driver's side for a while. I replaced all the springs with the lowering kit from autoricambi, and used koni shocks on all 4 corners. The car leans massively less, but it's still got a visible lean. What could be wrong with it? It looks like it leans down the most in the left rear tire.
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18Fiatsandcounting
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Re: Car leans to driver side.
Are your tires all the same size? If so, it's hard to imagine much of a lean in the left rear if you have new springs and shocks.
How much of a lean are we talking about here? Half inch? More? Do you have your spare tire in place? Perhaps put some weight on the right rear trunk to compensate? A 50 lb bag of sand, some Fiat parts that you'll inevitably need someday, or perhaps a dead body. I leave the choice up to you.
-Bryan
How much of a lean are we talking about here? Half inch? More? Do you have your spare tire in place? Perhaps put some weight on the right rear trunk to compensate? A 50 lb bag of sand, some Fiat parts that you'll inevitably need someday, or perhaps a dead body. I leave the choice up to you.
-Bryan
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DieselSpider
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Re: Car leans to driver side.
First is the ground actually flat and level where you are parking to check the lean? Yes be sure the tires are all the same size, are inflated to the same pressure and have the same amount of tread wear. Also be sure that they are not going through belt failure which could cause one to gain an inch or so in diameter over the rest even if they are technically the same size.
Other thoughts would be one of the rear spring pads being compressed or missing or potentially one of the new springs being a bit weak.
If there is a rear sway bar it could be bent or one of the links tightened to a different length than the other or even an issue with the front sway bar. New shocks can be a little stiff too so the car may not rebound to level when you get out of the drivers seat after a drive so bouncing the car a few times from the middle of the bumpers to see if it settles evenly could reveal that there is no real problem.
Other than that one would need to consider body rot causing one of the spring perches to have sagged or frame/body twist possibly from a collision.
Other thoughts would be one of the rear spring pads being compressed or missing or potentially one of the new springs being a bit weak.
If there is a rear sway bar it could be bent or one of the links tightened to a different length than the other or even an issue with the front sway bar. New shocks can be a little stiff too so the car may not rebound to level when you get out of the drivers seat after a drive so bouncing the car a few times from the middle of the bumpers to see if it settles evenly could reveal that there is no real problem.
Other than that one would need to consider body rot causing one of the spring perches to have sagged or frame/body twist possibly from a collision.
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geospider
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Re: Car leans to driver side.
I have heard conflicting ideas about lowering the car and the panhard rod.
I havent looked under mine to think about whether could cause this particular lean.
Have the AR lowering springs and Koni's and hsven't noticed an issue
I havent looked under mine to think about whether could cause this particular lean.
Have the AR lowering springs and Koni's and hsven't noticed an issue