Wheel gap big after lowering springs

[Grady_]

Hi guys, my wheel gap in the rear is still massive after 3k+ miles of driving, I have steeda progressive lowering springs all around. The fronts dropped and look good but the rears still have a big gap. I took it to the dealership and they said everything looks normal, I had an alignment done in august after the springs were put on as well. Here is the gap compared to my dads GT with the same springs. Any ideas what I can do to fix or what it might be? I thought they would be settled by now and the dealer says they will settle still. Could it be my rear shocks? Any help is appreciated

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[COYOTE_64S25FEF]

Are either magneride?

 

[Grady_]

Are either magneride?

neither of them have magneride

 

[offroadkarter]

Were the bushings ever re-clocked after lowering?

 

[Fusion Training Systems]

Can you look at the serial numbers on your rear springs? If you can post them up making sure you do have the correct springs.

 

[COYOTE_64S25FEF]

Not that I think it would explain the entire difference, but what are the tire sizes in each.

Looks like the red car is 285/35/19.

 

[NTXChris]

A couple of things to check:

As offroadkarter said, were the bushings reclocked after install? If not, you need to rest the suspension on the car's weight and then loosen/tighten all of the bushed joints in the front and rear ends.

Wheel gap isn't a good indicator of height if the tires aren't the exact same overall diameter/wear amount. It would be better to measure from the fender lip to the middle of the center cap, as that takes the tire variable out of the measurement. If your car and your dad's car still don't match, then you need to look at other things.

What trim level is your car compared to your dad's? Does he have stereo equipment or other stuff in the trunk?

Considering you had a dealer already look at it, I assume the springs were installed correctly, i.e., not clocked incorrectly in the control arm spring pocket.

Is there anything else done differently to your car versus his? Different shocks or sway bars? Different suspension bushings or anything like that?

 

[Grady_]

Not that I think it would explain the entire difference, but what are the tire sizes in each.

Looks like the red car is 285/35/19.

I also have 285/35/19s so unfortunately that isn't it

 

[Grady_]

Were the bushings ever re-clocked after lowering?

I have not done this myself, I doubt the dealership did, I have the popular post with diagrams showing how to do this bookmarked, but I still am confused on exactly what to re torque. I should really try this in the near future, wish I could find a video on it

 

[Grady_]

Can you look at the serial numbers on your rear springs? If you can post them up making sure you do have the correct springs.

They both have the same S/N, one of them I got directly from Steeda, because I bought the set of 4 online, and 1 was lost in shipping, so I did order 1 through steeda, but it matches the other rear spring S/N

 

[SBR70.3]

Not that I think it would explain the entire difference, but what are the tire sizes in each.

Looks like the red car is 285/35/19.

That could 100% explain the difference. I was about to ask tire sizes for each. But as I scrolled, I noticed both are the same size.

Did the rear springs get positioned correctly? As someone mentioned before, were the bushings clocked?

 

[Grady_]

A couple of things to check:

As offroadkarter said, were the bushings reclocked after install? If not, you need to rest the suspension on the car's weight and then loosen/tighten all of the bushed joints in the front and rear ends.

Wheel gap isn't a good indicator of height if the tires aren't the exact same overall diameter/wear amount. It would be better to measure from the fender lip to the middle of the center cap, as that takes the tire variable out of the measurement. If your car and your dad's car still don't match, then you need to look at other things.

What trim level is your car compared to your dad's? Does he have stereo equipment or other stuff in the trunk?

Considering you had a dealer already look at it, I assume the springs were installed correctly, i.e., not clocked incorrectly in the control arm spring pocket.

Is there anything else done differently to your car versus his? Different shocks or sway bars? Different suspension bushings or anything like that?

Haven't tried re clocking the bushings, I know there is a popular thread with how to do so but I also have aftermarket suspension parts underneath the car, I believe there is some sort of BMR braces and a steeda stop the hop kit,

They are both GT Premium but I have no spare and he does

The dealer I took it to installed the springs for me anyways, and they are the biggest performance dealership in the area, so I don't know how they could have messed up if they did

I have no front sway bar and a BMR K member for drag racing I believe, but all the aftermarket suspension other than the springs were on the car when I bought it.

It was heavily drag raced before I bought it with 6k miles on it so.. Yeah

Thanks for your reply

 

[Grady_]

That could 100% explain the difference. I was about to ask tire sizes for each. But as I scrolled, I noticed both are the same size.

Did the rear springs get positioned correctly? As someone mentioned before, were the bushings clocked?

Thanks for the reply, yes the tire sizes are the same. I think the camber might be different causing a small difference too, but the bushings have not been re clocked to my knowledge, I had trouble reading the diagram I saw on how to do that. Maybe I will try again

The rear springs should be in the right spot, our local ford dealer is huge into the performance bit, so I try not to think they did the installation wrong.. plus I just took it back to them last week and its ready for pickup, they say "Everything looks right" and they can't do anything about it

 

[JBR14]

The dealer I took it to installed the springs for me anyways, and they are the biggest performance dealership in the area, so I don't know how they could have messed up if they did

As rear springs arent too hard, they could have had an oil tech do it or something. Just because the performance dealer did it, does not mean it was done correctly.

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