Adjusting front ride height on a 3200?

[Johnny Graham]

Hi folks. I had a track rod end and both front lower suspension arms replaced at my local garage for MOT (balljoints). I have noticed that the front ride height on one side is a good bit lower than the other, enough that I get a little wheelarch rub on tight left hand turns.

Is it just the spring perches that are able to adjust ride height (there is no reason why the garage would have touched the coilover settings) or are there other parts of the front suspension that need to be adjusted or shimmed to give the correct height? I also replaced both rear shocks myself for MOT, but the rear ride heights seem fine.

Or have they just put it back together wrong?? ha ha...(I already have beaten myself over not having my independent specialist MOT it, btw..you live and learn.)

Also whilst I'm at it, my wacky throttle behaviour that i posted on before seems to have cured itself. I repaired a small split in the rubber boot covering the wires to the TB, maybe that was letting moisture in..?

 

[conaero]

I dont think they would have changed this setting. It will be easy to tell, see if there are any clean threads below the nut or dirty ones above.

TBH, take it to a main dealer, pay the £250 and get them to spec it to the AC or GS setting, it will be miles out after a decade on the road.

 

[Johnny Graham]

Yep, its had alignments of course but no ride height set up afaik. Rears are probably out of spec as I did them by eye!

So, there's nothing else that affects front ride height apart from spring perches? If so, something is wrong. I'll have a look tonight, I'm now wondering about a broken coil spring..I used to have a 200sx drift car, and it ran superbly with 2 broken springs!

Cheers, J