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So I spent a good amount of time adjusting the ride height of my car, after going on a somewhat aggressive drive they dropped a bit. Around 1/8th of an inch on each corner. My question is, how many miles should I put on the coilovers before I can safely say they're broke in and settled enough to not drop down after adjusting them?
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So I spent a good amount of time adjusting the ride height of my car, after going on a somewhat aggressive drive they dropped a bit. Around 1/8th of an inch on each corner. My question is, how many miles should I put on the coilovers before I can safely say they're broke in and settled enough to not drop down after adjusting them?
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He just told you. The stock rubber bushings tend to bind when you change the ride height of the car, and only by rolling the car back and forth a bit, or in your case going for a drive, do they "reset" to their neutral position. This is why you noticed a change in ride height after driving the car.
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Gotcha. So now that my ride height is set-up properly I've noticed that the gaps between the tire and wheel well are different in the back. My back right wheel gap seems a bit larger than my back left wheel gap even though the measurements from the pinch welds to the group are basically identical. I'm assuming I should trust the pinch weld measurement but I'm just curious as to why the wheel gaps are different. Perhaps the fenders were rolled poorly?
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Youre trying to measure from a piece of metal thats somewhere between 2 to 3 decades old. The ground from which youre measuring on (read: not level) could be a factor and throwing off your measurements. Or you being in/getting out of the car can also be a factor. Or fenders are misrolled.
Stop worrying about it.
Stop worrying about it.
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