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Old 12-25-2009, 09:14 PM
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i just had my s550 lowered, but it seems like the right side is lower than the left side by half to an inch, is that common? i dont know how they lowered it but not with lowering module
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Mine is similar also, not noticable when driving. I had my wife drive while looking from outside. I know you can have star disnostic fine tune the height.
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Did they use lower links? If they did you have to get them to re adjust it.
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Did they use lower links? If they did you have to get them to re adjust it.
Depends if the car is equipted w/abc if not than there is only 1 link for the rear.
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Is it the left front or left rear? Make sure they used links in the front and that it's done correctly. Other way folks do it is by drilling the strut - really bad idea...

Do you have the ABC or Airmatic? Airmatic has a tendency to be a little bit uneven on the rear since there is a single adjustment.

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i just had my s550 lowered, but it seems like the right side is lower than the left side by half to an inch, is that common? i dont know how they lowered it but not with lowering module
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This is actually fairly common in the rear ,if you would have measured your heights before lowering, you probably would have had similar results. My car was 1/2 off with airmatic

If in the front, they didnt adjust the links or star settings to match. You can do the links yourself
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the left back and front is higher than the right front and back. i think he might have drilled the strut but not too sure... why is drilling the struts bad?
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I lowered many of them and they all seat the same way for driver weight distribution once the car is driving it evens it out

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