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    No. Not just the arb. The arms that hold the hub on the rear subframe. The lower arm for example is held on to the subframe by two long bolts that are bushed.

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    Ohh i never removed or loosened any of them! I only loosened off the nut that holds the bottom of coilover to the hub!

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    You are, however, changing the ride height, so you should have slackened the bolts that hold the arms to the chassis as the arms are now going to be sitting in a different position.

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    Quote Originally Posted by pointz View Post
    Ohh i never removed or loosened any of them! I only loosened off the nut that holds the bottom of coilover to the hub!
    How long have you had the car.

    Who has messed with it's suspension before?

    Could be a rubber bush has failed.

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    Just over 3 years and it was all stock until i fitted lowering springs and now the coilovers and uprated arb.

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    Did you get it sorted at the end?

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    It has settled better but does still look uneven at times bit i think it depends on how/where i park tbh

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    Ai... Ok thx

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    Just thought I'd throw my 2p in this one.
    I had the same issue with my old HSD coilovers. One was about an inch difference in adjustment from one side of the car to the other. Made it more noticeable when running tight arch gaps.
    I've recently just fitted new coilovers and they are adjusted almost identically and the car sits level.

    Basically we have put it down to the fact that some of these coilovers have better quality control than others. And the spring rates will vary very slightly from spring to spring.
    I spent years wondering why it did it. And if my car was bent. Then fitting the new cs2 coilovers. And it being cock on. It did make me wonder about the quality of others.

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    Cool something to bare in mind i have fitted new wheels so need to adjust height again then see how it sits then.

    Cheers for the input

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