car lower on one side

mustang68

I moved the mustang to its new home and it was sitting in the driveway when I noticed that it is about 3cm lower on the left rear than the right rear. It has new (1.5 years) leaf springs, but they must be the issue. What I was thinking of was that where it was parked up before was on a bit of a slope, with the left being lower, could that have ruined my springs, or will they just bounce back (!) now that it is on more level ground?

Thanks

Max Headroom

mustang68 wrote: »

I moved the mustang to its new home and it was sitting in the driveway when I noticed that it is about 3cm lower on the left rear than the right rear. It has new (1.5 years) leaf springs, but they must be the issue. What I was thinking of was that where it was parked up before was on a bit of a slope, with the left being lower, could that have ruined my springs, or will they just bounce back (!) now that it is on more level ground?

Thanks

Unless the car is parked on a snooker table there'll always be a slight difference in all four corners.....:)

mustang68

Hmmm, it is down quite a lot. Shipping springs over is a huge expense as they are leaf springs and it doesn't look very balanced at all to drive, I hope that it evens out a bit, but I doubt it.

RobAMerc

our garage at home is at the top of a slight incline. every car we've owned has been slightly lower on the right when looked at from the bottom of the incline.
We have always put it down to the fact Irish roads would have a natural camber which causes the car to level out on the cambered road with one side ending up lower than the other when on a perfect flat, and more obvious when seen from slightly below. I presume yours will level out over time too

Justjens

Do you know how old the springs are, maybe it's time to refresh them. Heard good reports about Portlaoise Springs.

mustang68

Justjens wrote: »

Do you know how old the springs are, maybe it's time to refresh them. Heard good reports about Portlaoise Springs.

Maybe two years, or so...