H&R Spring Question

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symplered

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Location
Atlanta
Car
2007 FX35
Are the springs the same height on all fours?

I had a local guy install a set for me. I asked him were they the same size in height all around. He stated that he just grabbed them out of the box without checking.

Sometimes my car just looks uneven at times and i have a slight right pull. I just remember having a set installed on my merecedes and they were marked for front and rear.

Thanks
 
It's impossible to install the front and rear springs reversed. The front springs are much bigger in diamter than the rear. And it does not matter left/right on the springs.
 
I'm pretty sure if you take a tape measurements of the front and rear springs, they will different height. One they're installed the front and back to should very leveled. The front and rear springs cannot be interchanged if you're concern if they were installed correctly. Your car pulls is due alignment issue. You need alignment after suspension work.
 
Just curious, uneven how? Leaned to either sides or forward/backward? Or leaned towards one wheel?

My car was leaned to the left and more towards the back side, it became noticeable after I installed H&R as the fenders got closer to the wheels, on some bumps the left rear wheel would touch the fender, following advises from the guys here I put a double seat under the rear left spring and that pretty much fixed the problem.

La_Fx is right, my car used to pull to the right, but after a wheel allignment that problem is gone too, it was my front left wheel that had a degree of camber.


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---------- Post added at 02:11 AM ---------- Previous post was at 01:53 AM ----------

When I removed my stock springs, I expected the rear left to be shorter than the rear right causing the leaning, but they were exactly the same hight and 100% identical, the fact that the leaning problem remained even after installing a brand new H&R set tells me even the spring rates on the old ones are also still identical, so the leaning problem on my car had nothing to do with the springs or their hight or possible deteriorating spring rate on one of them, and it was fixed only by a double seat on the rear left side.


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