I've gone through every suspension point I can find. They all seem symmetrical. I cant find anyhting bent, cracked or moved.
The only visible damage to the car was the rim. As soon as I got home with the car, I checked to see if the wheel was centered and it was. There was no indictation that the "bad" wheel got to the back suspension. I'm pretty sure I just clipped it enough to bend my rim....no body damage at all. I guess it would be like hitting a big ass pothole....
I have Global West UCA, stock LCA, poly bushings in both, Hotchkis drop springs, stock spindle. The rear is Hotchkis drop leaf springs.... Koni shock all around.
I'm trying to think of this from a pure geometry standpoint..... if any part of the suspension was bent enough to allow the car to drop that much....wouldnt that have been revealed with the alignment check? I would think the aligment would have been way off.....and it wasnt. And 4 wheels were used in the aligment. So the ride height on one side dropped but the aligment didnt change much...
So what holds the car at its ride height...springs, and the mount points of the suspension...isnt that about it?
So what could change the ride height but not the alignment?
I moved the driver side spring around a bit and tapped the end into the groove alittle more....I got it to rotate maybe 3/4 inch and it feel tight now. I swapped the shocks from side to side. I havent had time to drop the car on the ground and see if that changed anything. My gut is saying it wont.....
My plan is to measure EVERYTHING again with the front hanging.... then drop it to the ground and measure everything again...
The big drop in the back is wierd....raise the front and it completely levels again.....
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