In-Car Slanting

[ruimond]

I've recently noticed that while sitting in my car and driving..it feels that my car is slightly leaning towards the drivers side (right side). Its very slight but i can notice it on majority of the roads. I don't think it was like this a few months ago.

I had my mechanic check the springs on each side and they seemed to be all in place and weren't out of place. He measured each side to compare the height.

The rear's were the same and the front's were pratically the same but the left was about 0.5cm difference or less. The car looks pratically straight when i look at it though. So i dunno if my shocks or something might be going or if it might be something else.

I am running stock shocks with lowering springs.

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

[counterfiend]

are you a big guy?

[ruimond]

are you a big guy?

Haha nope. Fairly thin average size. But majority of the time i'm the only person in the car, i do have passengers but not as often i guess.

[Phaeton]

It's all about weight distribution in a small vehicle.
My car rides much better when I have another person in the passenger seat to even it out.

[HTM Yaris]

Stock shocks aren't meant for lowering . Sure , it will work for awhile , but wear out quicker than normal . Are bumps louder than usual ?

I always carry a extra set of brake pads in the compartment next to the spare tire . For two reasons 1. For when I'm in the mountains and I burn up a set I have a replacement set and 2. You can hear the extra brake pads "tinking"(rattling) more when the shocks start to wear out ..........:smile:

[YAR1S]

put something heavy on the other side.... wait no... that would kill the mileage :p

[MUSKOKA800]

I'm heavy and noticed the same issue when riding on the stock springs. Since updating to the TRD springs, shocks and anti-sway bar the listing (nautical jargon) is much less evident. And she corners like on rails.

[silver_echo]

how many miles on the car... it could just be from settling, or the springs wearing a bit... one thing that i have seen is to swap left for right to fix the listing issue, but that will only work once...

[LEGATO``]

hmm
ive experienced this before
but only rarely
its just for some reason some days i would feeel the lean, and the next day i dont

[ruimond]

Stock shocks aren't meant for lowering . Sure , it will work for awhile , but wear out quicker than normal . Are bumps louder than usual ?


I don't really hear any unusual sounds when going over bumps actually. Sounds pretty normal.

how many miles on the car... it could just be from settling, or the springs wearing a bit... one thing that i have seen is to swap left for right to fix the listing issue, but that will only work once...

I have about 35,000km (about 22,000 miles) on the stock shocks. But maybe only 10,000-15,000km (9,000 miles) on the springs. It might have just settled more to one side im guessing.

hmm
ive experienced this before
but only rarely
its just for some reason some days i would feeel the lean, and the next day i dont

Im not sure, might be just the roads...or me being paranoid or something. Haha.

I might check my tyre pressure actually too. Would people run about 36-38 psi for 215/40/17's?

[TheKevin]

all of my cars are like that. like you said, it's probably because you're the only one in the car.