1999 LC100 (no AHC) Dobbins shocks (2” approx lift) 1” body lift. Vehicle tilting to right side by several inches, not level. How do I adjust?

[oldmxdog61u]

Car consistently is not level, right rear side tire clearance 3 “ less than left side. Has Dobbins shocks/lift, 1“ bod lift, 35”s with 1.5 offset. How do i level? Not sure why it became tilted. Wife pointed it out (not a good thing ).Suggestions to correct? (Ps; Wife is not heavy, so no fat jokes!).

 

[Mike NXP]

lol...I think spacers is the key to balancing out rear coil height BUT 3" offset sounds like a lot. I'm off by probably .5-1" and have just lived with it.

Is your front ride height, side to side, level? Just the rear has the issue?

Check with dobinsons, first make sure they sent you the right parts and then second ask them if one could was meant for a particular side. i THINK mine had a left and right side label on it , maybe cuz gas tank? IDK sorry I couldn't help much more

 

[MongooseGA]

. Wife pointed it out (not a good thing ).Suggestions to correct? (Ps; Wife is not heavy, so no fat jokes!).

Since wife pointed it out, it means she must have been outside of the car.

So I assume you were the fatty  inside


Mike is correct. Assuming you received all the correct parts, and your front side to side is even, spring spacers in the rear can level the back. I don't think the shocks are side specific but the springs definitely are.

 

[oldmxdog61u]

Since wife pointed it out, it means she must have been outside of the car.

So I assume you were the fatty  inside


Mike is correct. Assuming you received all the correct parts, and your front side to side is even, spring spacers in the rear can level the back. I don't think the shocks are side specific but the springs definitely are.

Good advice. Yes, wife was not in car. I’m so full on manure, yet the driver side is the high side…so that’s not it. I think I may have swapped the springs to the wrong sides. As soon as I can redo I will (recovering from surgery). Ps. NW Montana? Near Bozeman? I will be visiting this fall.

 

[Mike NXP]

Good advice. Yes, wife was not in car. I’m so full on manure, yet the driver side is the high side…so that’s not it. I think I may have swapped the springs to the wrong sides. As soon as I can redo I will (recovering from surgery). Ps. NW Montana? Near Bozeman? I will be visiting this fall.

If I remember right the Dobinson's coil may even have a little tag on it showing which side to install on, if applicable? @crikeymike is that true ?


I'm in the NW corner of the state, 8 hours from Bozeman. I try to avoid that area along with all the other vacation hot spots. It's a huge state, pick a town you never heard of and go check it out, you won't be disappointed. Anywhere along the continental divide is superb

 

[crikeymike]

When you take off the OEM coils, you mark which side is which, then put the taller aftermarket side on the side that had a taller one to start with. Usually the rear coils are revered, the labels are marked left and right for the AU market.

 

[GTV]

Are you calling the right side the drivers side?

For the passenger side to be significantly lower than the drivers side something needs to be really off.

 

[Exiled]

Is the suspension newly installed? It could also be that the kit included mismatched coils. That seems like a huge difference, every suspension kit I've installed had *slight* diifferences between driver side/passenger side but that's too much for even a spacer to adjust IMHO.

 

[Mike NXP]

How are you measuring this gap and coming up with the 3" difference, from center hub to fender?