Walking towards the car today I noticed the rear drivers side clearance on the rear wheel arch seemed pretty low as the top of the arch was just covering top of the tyre. Looked on the other side and there is a 2 cm clearance between wheel arch and tyre.
I thought it may just be the way it was parked so moved it and checked again. I had kings lows fitted about 12 months ago. Could it be a rear shocker on the way out?

I think you will find the drivers rear for some reason will sit about 10mm lower. I noticed mine was like that with the Superlows & we measured Knotched's car with stock springs before we put the Superlows in his & it was the same.

Maybe it's to allow for road camber to the left? Anyway mine sits straight now with the coilovers :)

I think it was only 5mm, dude, so that wouldn't account for the OP's issue.

To Chrisv, I wouldn't worry about it, but if you are concerned take it to a known flat area, like a garage floor and measure the clearances.

I think it was only 5mm, dude, so that wouldn't account for the OP's issue.

To Chrisv, I wouldn't worry about it, but if you are concerned take it to a known flat area, like a garage floor and measure the clearances.

I think you could be right but 20mm is a lot!!

sagged king springs possibly.
certainly not uncommon with them....

Stationary ride height is a function of the springs - or some massive weight in the boot - and has nothing to do with shocks, unless one has seized - try bouncing the rear corners. If there is nothing heavy in the boot, it will be a sagging spring, or the spring on the other side not seating properly. You could pull both springs off and check their unloaded height. If there is a difference go to the supplier and complain. lol

Well I got the car on a flat surface and removed everything fron the boot except the spare.
Top of rear wheel arch to centre of wheel
drivers side 34cm
passenger 35cm
So 1 cm difference. Anything to be concerned about? Probably with 19" rims it looks more noticeable? There barely a finger width of play between tyre and arch but even fully loaded I am not getting any rubbing. The rear wheels must tuck in on a camber.

Not enough to worry about really. If you put anything heavy in the boot just put it on the passenger side. Keep an eye on it though, if it is a sagging spring it will get worse slowly.

To the OP: How does the front sit? Do both sides sit even or are they 1cm different too?

To the OP: How does the front sit? Do both sides sit even or are they 1cm different too?

Fronts appear even

I think you had better get some coilovers chris. Just point out to the Mrs how it is sagged and you will need a full set of coilovers to rectify the problem. See if that flys with her lol

I think you had better get some coilovers chris. Just point out to the Mrs how it is sagged and you will need a full set of coilovers to rectify the problem. See if that flys with her lol

You can put me down as a reference if she needs a second opinion ;)

God forbid the Mrs suggests you put it all back to the way it was when it came from the factory! lol

Supercharger is next on wishlist. She wouldnt notice that?

Women don't notice anything, they would drive around on 4 flat tyres & think everything is ok lol

Only the blonde ones.

Only the blonde ones.

I would like to think so but in my experience not neccessarily so.

Women have a certain view of how things should be in the world.

Anything that does not fit into that picture is ignored.

This includes flat tyres. lol

OOPS! Off topic banter, aka "spam". Somebody get back on topic quick before I get banned!

My wife just read this and you are banned!

Here is the only rear axle adjustment i can find....


It's an eccentric and changes the height of the lower control arm in relation to the upper.

http://img268.imageshack.us/img268/8175/rearaxleadjustment1.jpg (http://img268.imageshack.us/i/rearaxleadjustment1.jpg/)

Here is the only rear axle adjustment i can find....


It's an eccentric and changes the height of the lower control arm in relation to the upper.

http://img268.imageshack.us/img268/8175/rearaxleadjustment1.jpg (http://img268.imageshack.us/i/rearaxleadjustment1.jpg/)

That's the rear camber adjustment (one each side obviously).

Last time I had my rear camber adjusted the mechanic advised that he couldn't go less than neg 1.5 degrees otherwise it would throw out the toe in / toe out more than could be compensated for. I wanted neg 1.0 degrees but the mech said 'no way'.
The problem I had was that with lowered springs and low profile tyres (245/35 19 and then 245/30 20) the rear camber was getting excessive, out to neg 4 degrees, and resulting in uneven tyre wear. The inner edges of the rear tyres were wearing out way too fast.

That's the rear camber adjustment (one each side obviously).

Last time I had my rear camber adjusted the mechanic advised that he couldn't go less than neg 1.5 degrees otherwise it would throw out the toe in / toe out more than could be compensated for. I wanted neg 1.0 degrees but the mech said 'no way'.
The problem I had was that with lowered springs and low profile tyres (245/35 19 and then 245/30 20) the rear camber was getting excessive, out to neg 4 degrees, and resulting in uneven tyre wear. The inner edges of the rear tyres were wearing out way too fast.

I could tell it wasn't meant to be mucked around with cause it was extremely tight....