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Old Feb 10, 2011
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Car is not sitting level?

I have a 05 lx saden with a pro kit and blues. I measured each corner the LR and RF are at 25" to middle finder but my LF is at 24 1/2" and RR at 25 1/2". I hope my LF strut isnt already blown i have only had them on my car for about 6,000 miles? Is there something else that could be causing my car to not sit level?

Edit- I did just put a rear camber kit on and havent had a alignment done on it yet, could that be the cause?

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you answered yourself
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Re: Car is not sitting level?

I don't think blues would blow that fast. Get an alignment done and see where you are then. It could be your springs.
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Re: Car is not sitting level?

when i adjusted my rear camber to 0 (from -1.6), the fender gap went up, so likely it could help.
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Re: Car is not sitting level?

Cool didn't think camber would make that big of a difference on fender gap
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Re: Car is not sitting level?

I was actually surprised too. Must be something with how the tires sidewall flexes when cambered or not (no, wrong, no relation to the gap...).
That changes the top mounting points, that is
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Re: Car is not sitting level?

Well i put my 17s back on today. all is good guess i was a low tire but i went to discount tires 3 days before and had them air up my tires. It didnt look low ether but we did go from 60 to the tens over night here or a nail didnt look tho.


EDIT- my 17 are more flush than my 15s were

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Old Feb 12, 2011
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Re: Car is not sitting level?

I know it sounds stupid but make sure the surface is level when you're doing your measurements, that could throw you off sometimes. Glad things are all good now though.
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Re: Car is not sitting level?

your civic looks good but can i get a pic from a different angle. i wanna see how low it actually is to the ground.
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Re: Car is not sitting level?

just wondering WTH these posts have to do with the original intent of the thread...
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heres a better angle
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Re: Car is not sitting level?

Looks good.
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