Uneven ride height after coilover install.

[kenster]

Hi. I tried doing a search, however couldn't find anything.

I just installed KW V2 coilovers and noticed my ride height is uneven from driver to passenger side. There isn't a huge difference, imo, maybe up to 1/4 of an inch or less. I did read from a random google search that it is natural to have a bit of discrepancy, but wanted to ask the forum gurus for any tips to help get it as even as possible, since my OCD is killing me.

I did the whole premeasure prior to install to get it as even as possible.

Thank you for the help!

[Will]

Ensure the ground is flat and level. I've noticed ~3/8" difference in ride height simply due to a slight slope of the ground.

[Tbonem3]

Driver side sits slightly higher.

How can you be sure all 4 adjusters are perfectly even anyways?

[kenster]

So just get it as even as possible, get an alignment and call it a day?

[erickhoyos]

Basically, doesn’t really affect the quality of the ride anyways.

Just as a general question, doesn’t the right side sit lower because of the battery in the trunk?

[Rkymtnrider]

Basically, doesn’t really affect the quality of the ride anyways.

Just as a general question, doesn’t the right side sit lower because of the battery in the trunk?

I thought the driver side was higher to account for the weight of the driver.

[eacmen]

Find an alignment shop that also does corner balancing.

[DJAM3]

Pre-measuring will get you in the ballpark but you still need to fine tune. Ideally you would have it corner balanced to optimize the heights which is one of the appeals of coilovers. If you want to skip the corner balancing the LF should be ~1/8" higher than RF. RR ~1/8" higher than LR.

[kenster]

thanks for all the advice!

[Obioban]

https://nam3forum.com/forums/forum/main-forum/e46-2001-2006/9123-e46-m3-suspension-setup-or-how-to-not-downgrade-your-car-with-suspension-mods

[Nate047]

luckily for you coilovers are, wait for it, height adjustable

[Rkymtnrider]

luckily for you coilovers are, wait for it, height adjustable

Yah, but, dont you have to take em off to adjust?

[WestBankM4]

Yah, but, dont you have to take em off to adjust?

I'm fairly certain you can jack up the side you need adjusted to remove pressure and adjust without removing them.

[FBloggs]

A small point :
A correctly corner balanced chassis is not going to have optically desirable wheel gaps.
That is not the goal of corner balancing.
Corner balancing sets the height of each corner to achieve the correct weight distribution, and to achieve near 50% side to side weight distribution.

However, Using "corner balancing techiques and calculations" allows the chassis guru to determine how many turns of each adjuster you would need to get each side of each axle to match its neighbor....But the car would not be corner balanced, because that is not your goal.

[Obioban]

A small point :
A correctly corner balanced chassis is not going to have optically desirable wheel gaps.
That is not the goal of corner balancing.
Corner balancing sets the height of each corner to achieve the correct weight distribution, and to achieve near 50% side to side weight distribution.

However, Using "corner balancing techiques and calculations" allows the chassis guru to determine how many turns of each adjuster you would need to get each side of each axle to match its neighbor....But the car would not be corner balanced, because that is not your goal.

You can normally get it pretty optically perfect AND corner balanced, with some effort.