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Old 07-08-2005, 04:31 PM
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Question Fender Gap Question ???

i always seem to run into problems with my car...it never ends...well i just noticed it..i'm running the tein s techs had them on for about 3 months...i noticed the right rear fender gap is a lil more then the rest...everything is 2 finger and the right seems to be 3 finger...i tried jackin the side up and moving it around but nothing..i cant of why it's like this...i have the rear strut bar but know that cant be the problem...any help ?

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Old 07-08-2005, 04:36 PM
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I notice some wrx and STi with problem just like yours... looks uneven from the back...
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it could be your swaybar and endlinks (if you have them) are installed wrong on your car.

if you have a coilover suspension it could be that they are not set all the same according to their measurements but by "eyeballing"

it could also be if you have springs that you didn't tighten the center nut on the top of the tophat enough. the spring could have also jumped out of place causing it to sit funny..

hope this is enough for right now

check your sway bar though. strut tower bar will NOT affact it since it sits on an even surface at the top of the suspension mounting area

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your driveway does look a little unstable... you should take another picture on a very flat (if not very close) to flat surface to determine. but it is a signficant amount of difference though.

please reply with your findings to what I posted.

let us know what kind of suspension setup you have

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well i only have the stock sway and stuff....i'll double check the top nut..maybe i didnt tighten it enough after i put the rear strut bar...i'll be rite back..hehe
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impossible then.

if you have stock suspension and stock springs... why does your car look so low?

top nut will not be loose if you didn't take apart the suspension.

again the top of the struts would bang around and make noise if you didn't tighten down the STB enough (3 nuts that hold the STB down onto the stop of the strut mount)

be detailed as possible and try to replace the word "STUFF" with an item so I can know exactly what you have

sorry if that was mean but it's hard to understand stuff (i'm brown and understand stuff but in this situation there is to much STUFF that could be different)

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make sure everything is well seated and tightened...flat surface would help to see the difference...
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He's running tein s-techs, so it is dropped. But check all the bolts again, also check to make sure the rubber around the spring (on the bottom of the cup) is installed on both sides.
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yeah... check what brandy said... also the spring if not tightened down enough might have shifted to the wrong place causing everything to shift.

if the spring isn't sitting in the right place on the strut then it will be off.

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dead struts maybe??
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hmm, if it possibly had anything to do with the swaybar.... will it straightend up if he jus temporarily un bolted it?
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hmm, if it possibly had anything to do with the swaybar.... will it straightend up if he jus temporarily un bolted it?
very possible that's why I posted about the sway bar. but if he didn't touch the sway bar at all then it wouldn't have anything to do with it unless he broke the mount or he unbolted it like you said and didn't put it back right.
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k i checked out the top and everything is tightened down...i'm running s techs ...here's a few better pics..i measured it and it seems to be lil lesser then an inch higher then the rest..the rubber is in place...well here ya go...oh it cant be dead struts it's been on for only a few months and i only have 15k..haha

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what you should do is jack up the back of your car. remove the rear wheels and take pictures of the strut area where the spring is. make sure you clean the area so that your picture is good.

label them accordingly and post them. normally I would come down and check it out myself but im working right now and have to go to my other job right after this job.

how did you determine if the rubber is still there on the spring on the strut without taking off your wheels.

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i jacked up the car a lil and felt around..lol..good idea i'll go and try..if not maybe you can take a look at it tommorrow when i pick up the fog covers ?..thanks again
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