Why is the rear of my Yaris higher than the front?

[lormagni]

I'm running on lowering springs since last year. I've had a set of Eibach Pro-kit (-30mm) previously and now a set of Vogtlands (-35mm). After some settling both the springs left the rear part of the car higher than the front (as you see in the picture below), is there something wrong with the installation? I saw other Yaris on the forum with Eibach Pro Kits and they weren't so wedge-shaped like mine, they were pretty leveled in the front and rear. Any suggestion?

[ern-diz]

Interesting. From my reading, not all springs settle the same, right?

On a side note, it appears you decided to stick with those wheels, eh? Looks great. :thumbsup:

[WeeYari]

That's to allow for the weight of a subwoofer. :wink:

To my eye, the difference does not appear to be much and the back looks about right for Pro-kits. Need a before shot at the same angle to see if you already had a bit of rake happening on stock springs, but fronts do tend to settle in a bit more than rears.

[lormagni]

Interesting. From my reading, not all springs settle the same, right?

On a side note, it appears you decided to stick with those wheels, eh? Looks great. :thumbsup:

The picture is old, but yes, I decided to keep them!

[lormagni]

That's to allow for the weight of a subwoofer. :wink:

To my eye, the difference does not appear to be much and the back looks about right for Pro-kits. Need a before shot at the same angle to see if you already had a bit of rake happening on stock springs, but fronts do tend to settle in a bit more than rears.

Below there is a picture of my car with OEM springs (the same used on the American SE), even in this picture the car looks lower in the front. The strange fact is that the other cars that I see on internet are not so low in the front, they're more leveled (as the red car in the other picture)

http://img.turbo.fr/04551254-photo-essai-toyota-yaris-3.jpg

[MUSKOKA800]

The tail is higher to allow for rear seat passengers and cases of wine under the hatch without bottoming. :thumbsup:

[ilikerice]

Just toss a full size spare in the back and a 12" sub and call it a day..

To be honest, this is why I always opt for coil overs before lowering springs. I had this happen to my crx once, it never settled correctly. So I sold them and spent the extra money on coil overs.

[Bluevitz-rs]

I can't even see a noticeable difference.

[lormagni]

I can't even see a noticeable difference.

It's not so big difference, but believe me you can notice it when the car is parked. Front wheelgap is 2 fingers , rear is 3. Plus I noticed that while the front suspension is relatively soft, the rear is more jumpy and hard. There must be something wrong with the rear...

[tmontague]

I'm not sure what the spring rate is of your set up but generally the front will feel softer due to the extra weight sitting up there. Sounds like the rears have a high spring rate on your set up. Have 2 people sit in your back seat and see how the rear feels, it should soften up a bit.

I'd wait until a couple months once your spring settle then re asses how they look and handle. When I installed my MI springs at first the rear was much lower than the front and I wasn't a huge fan of the look. After a couple months they now look parallel and once I sit in the front seat they are perfect.

*EDIT: I just looked at your pic on my laptop which is brighter and to be honest I don't see a difference, I think it looks great. ! extra finger in the rear is a non issue, you'll be happy when you have a passenger or two back there.