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    Default HELP! Commodore VS leaning to the right!?!

    Hey guys, I have a commodore VS Live axle and at work today my mate was standing behind my car and noticed the rear was sagged alil bit compared to the left?

    All day i been trying to figure out what it is, i jacked the car up and all the springs are inplace, mind you i have gt monroe sports all round with king springs, super lows in front, ultra lows in back. Since the right rear has sagged its caused my front left to rise a few cm which is noticable!

    Also it seems my cars body has moved to the right aswell, i have 205m wide stock tyres and the right tyre only has about 1cm gap from the inside of the guard, the left side has about 3cm..

    I havnt had any accidents to bend anything and im pretty sure hitting speed humps alittle to fast sometimes wont do anything either so i dont know whats going on?

    Any ideas would help me before i take it to a suspension shop.

    Thanks

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    What are the bushes in the trailing arms like?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Hangman View Post
    What are the bushes in the trailing arms like?
    None of my bushes have been replaced, all that iv done to the car is put gt monroe shocks and struts all around and super lows in the front, ultras in the back.
    My panhard rod hasnt been adjusted since mid 2009 which back then i had super lows all round and changed to rear ultra lows a few months ago.
    Someone said they got pedders to put a thicker rubber spring holder but that seems dodgy and not legit, there has to be a reasonable explanation to whats going on?

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    Quote Originally Posted by IBLOWN View Post
    I'd love to add a mum joke here but i shouldnt...
    lmao, just help me out lol, ill put pics up

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    Right side is about 1.5cm lower


    Left is higher if you look closly



    Right side has bearly any gap! 205/65/15 wheels :S


    Left side can easily fit 2 fingers!

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    Quote Originally Posted by duca1991 View Post
    None of my bushes have been replaced, all that iv done to the car is put gt monroe shocks and struts all around and super lows in the front, ultras in the back.
    My panhard rod hasnt been adjusted since mid 2009 which back then i had super lows all round and changed to rear ultra lows a few months ago.
    Someone said they got pedders to put a thicker rubber spring holder but that seems dodgy and not legit, there has to be a reasonable explanation to whats going on?
    They haven't been replaced, but what condition are they in?

    The panhard rod could be pushing the body and diff out of alignment too.
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    Id be removing the springs and checking the free spring heights on both sides to see if one has collapsed or weakened,its rare to get a faulty spring,but it can happen....

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    as tree cutter said adjust your panhard rod, if it doesnt make any difference swap you springs left to right and see what happens.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Hangman View Post
    They haven't been replaced, but what condition are they in?

    The panhard rod could be pushing the body and diff out of alignment too.
    The bushes are on there way out, i need new ones, but i wanna get the nolathane ones with new upper control arms.
    So im guessing it could be either that or the panhard rod.
    Thanks for all your responses!

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    Thanks everyone, ill try everyones suggestions and see if i get any luck, cheers

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