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Sioux 07-31-2022 06:59 AM

GT86 2018 Driver side is lower than my passenger side/ lopsided
 
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The first photo is the driver's side and appears to be a positive caster.
- slanted/tilted to the right


The passenger side appears to be a neutral caster.
- completely vertical 0


The car is lopsided so the passenger side is higher than the driver's side.
The steering wheel is tilted to the right a bit when driving straight and the car does pull to the right.

Do you guys think that the neutral caster is causing the car to pull to the right and look lopsided? Or could it be something else ?? A second opinion would be nice!

The car drives perfectly fine nothing out of the norm, but i cant stop thinking about how lopsided the car looks from the front

I have seen the other forums but nothing talking about the caster possibly affecting the height of the car :/
Thank you!

glhs386 07-31-2022 08:20 PM

Something is horribly bent on one side or the other. Check the lower control arms, struts and upper strut mounts. As another (albeit less likely) possibility, I have a friend with an E36 that had a similar problem, turned out the previous owner installed one eccentric upper strut mount in the wrong orientation.

Sioux 07-31-2022 08:48 PM

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Originally Posted by glhs386 (Post 3538396)
Something is horribly bent on one side or the other. Check the lower control arms, struts and upper strut mounts. As another (albeit less likely) possibility, I have a friend with an E36 that had a similar problem, turned out the previous owner installed eccentric upper strut mounts in the wrong orientation.

Yea I’m going to take a look soon, do you think a wheel alignment would correct it if nothing is bent ? So that the struts are angled the same again? Thank you btw!

glhs386 07-31-2022 08:52 PM

Caster is non-adjustable, an alignment will fix nothing without replacing whatever part is causing the problem.

Sioux 07-31-2022 09:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by glhs386 (Post 3538408)
Caster is non-adjustable, an alignment will fix nothing without replacing whatever part is causing the problem.

Bro, I just got home and checked them again they both have a positive caster, car has been sitting all day.

Uhhhh it’s still lopsided… I’ve read on other forum’s that the air in the tire can make them look different apparently.

Maybe the passenger tire has more air and once it gets hot it makes the caster into a neutral position. Or drive side has less. Hence maybe explaines lopsidedness hopefully but seems far fetched.

Either way ima check everything throughly.
I really do appreciate your thoughts ! Once again thank you!

If anyone else would like to share your opinion please feel free to do so!

strat61caster 08-01-2022 12:08 AM

A god alignment shop will tell you what’s broken. Those two pictures look like something is broken.

Sioux 08-01-2022 12:18 AM

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Originally Posted by strat61caster (Post 3538444)
A god alignment shop will tell you what’s broken. Those two pictures look like something is broken.

Yea I do plan on taking it to a shop for them to take a look. The thing is that now that the car has been sitting all day the struts look the same both have a positive Custer. Both now look like the first picture very odd.


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