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Caldina GT-T · by **snwtoy** » Sun Jan 30, 2005 6:47 pm

These springs I bought for the caldina off trademe - the rears sit perfectly even, but the front drivers side is a couple of cm lower than the passengers. The seller reckons they're only 6 months old.

I know that over a long period of time the springs could sag if the car was only driven with the driver in it - but I wouldn't have thought in 6 months?

No idea what brand they are, but the colour is turquoise.

Yes I have checked that the are all seated perfectly. I thought that maybe they'd come right after my drive down to meremere and back - but nope.

Any ideas?

by **ee904age** » Sun Jan 30, 2005 6:53 pm

LOL, How heavy was the driver of the previous car???

/end of worthless suggestions

Caldina GT-T · by **snwtoy** » Sun Jan 30, 2005 6:54 pm

Yeah I wonder... no idea as I had them delivered on a courier...

Website · by **Bling** » Sun Jan 30, 2005 7:10 pm

can u just swap the drivers side to passenger side, then stock up on pies to get the nice even ride you're after? :wink:

Caldina GT-T · by **snwtoy** » Sun Jan 30, 2005 7:19 pm

Actually - swapping them might not be a bad idea - just to see if it makes a difference. I'll do it tomorrow as I"m pretty shattered after a very long day in the sun

Carina AA63 · by **kingcorolla** » Sun Jan 30, 2005 11:29 pm

Maybe YOUR the one who is fat!

...aye fatty :wink:

jk, i dont even know you

MY KE70'S · by **pervert** » Mon Jan 31, 2005 7:42 am

I had a set of turquoise coloured springs in my VR4.

The brand name was Sabre.

by **atmosports** » Mon Jan 31, 2005 9:30 am

Only prob with swapping sides with fronts is ususally the drivers side front is slightly stiffer than the other side when it comes to lowering springs. Spings will sag or sack out & settle to length once they've been compressed a set amount usually about 2/3rds of there length compressed, after they've sacked out they will not settle further. Maybe you just need a big fat person to jump in the passenger side & help it settle or maybe you've got the two fronts round the wrong way??

Caldina GT-T · by **snwtoy** » Mon Jan 31, 2005 11:17 am

Yeah I will try swapping the fronts today. Maybe they are round the wrong way. I'm not a huge person.. I weigh 80 at the most (note to self - must get back into training this week)

by **ChaosAD** » Mon Jan 31, 2005 11:32 am

Did you put the top spring seats on properly? because they are not symetrical

are standard springs usually harder on the drivers side too?

Cos the tyres on my ae82 would always rub on the arches when going round corners. So I put another set of standars springs in the front and now one side rubs even worse but the other side never rubs

Caldina GT-T · by **snwtoy** » Mon Jan 31, 2005 11:48 am

The front left is on 100% perfect (doublechecked), will be checking the front right this arvo, as well as swapping them over.
I do realise they are not symmetrical at the top and went to lengths to get them sitting right so the should be fine. I can see how the car would sit higher if they were not seating the springs right, I guess it can go lower as well...
Will report back later this arvo.

by **wde_bdy** » Mon Jan 31, 2005 11:49 am

I konw a lot of cars have different length/stiffness springs from factory. I pulled apart a KE36 wagon that had the passenger side spring 1/2 a coil taller, but quite a bit softer. Have heard theories about the rotational force of the engine but buggered if I know.

Callum

by **fivebob** » Mon Jan 31, 2005 12:02 pm

purple_beasty wrote:Have heard theories about the rotational force of the engine but buggered if I know.

The most common theory, which seems to be the most likely as well, is the road camber, coupled with the fact that vehicles spend as lot of the time with just the driver, means that the drivers side has to support more weight.

by **ChaosAD** » Mon Jan 31, 2005 12:21 pm

and the uneven weight of the engine/gearbox

by **thaphatty** » Mon Jan 31, 2005 12:42 pm

i've got some turquoise springs.

if they look like this they're probably dobi's. look more greeny in real life due to camera flash

Caldina GT-T · by **snwtoy** » Mon Jan 31, 2005 3:20 pm

by **ee904age** » Mon Jan 31, 2005 6:21 pm

They look like Dobi's to me. Not that the colour or brand has much to do with the price of fish.

Caldina GT-T · by **snwtoy** » Mon Jan 31, 2005 8:07 pm

After re-seating the right front corner spring, the car now sits only 3mm lower on the drivers side which is fine by me.

All's well that ends well.. but I wish I knew what I had done wrong the first time

by **Dr-X** » Mon Jan 31, 2005 10:48 pm

So you didnt actually swap them?

Caldina GT-T · by **snwtoy** » Mon Jan 31, 2005 10:52 pm

Not in the end no.. I'm still buggered from yesterday - the sunscreen i put on was totally utterly crap and I got burned rather badly.

As it is I don't know if 3mm is worth the effort now.. I think I'll just leave them as is.

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