uneven wheel gap after lowering

[awsom-0]

Hey guys, I recently lowered the car with ST springs with Illumina II's. After installing, I noticed the passenger side had a bigger wheel gap than the drivers. I'll be redoing it this weekend but has anyone run into this problem before? I searched and found a few MKIV guys had the same problem. Any ideas would be great! I've included some pictures, they were taken with an Iphone so they're not so great. Thanks!





You can see the gap on the passenger side.

 

[mecevans]

Are you sure you didn't put a rear spring in the front? Swap springs and see if the other side sags.

 

[awsom-0]

I'm sure I installed them on the right side but I will check tomorrow and swap the sides.

 

[mecevans]

Also, if you just lowered the car of jack stands it wont be level.

 

[Poodles]

Have to tighten the bolts after it's on the ground.

 

[dubsupra209]

my and i both have st springs no problems you must have done some thing wrong

 

[awsom-0]

Update, I switched sides and I think it might have fixed the problem. Went for a test drive and it drove great. I tightened the bolts with the car the ground also. I'll take pictures tomorrow morning.

 

[Shifty]

Bear in mind also that sometimes springs might not be seated correctly on some struts/coilovers which can cause a car to sit funny until you go over a few bumps or drive in & out of a few driveways. If this is the problem, you'll likely hear a big clunk in the first minute or twoo of driving when it falls into the correct place!

 

[awsom-0]

It's still about 1/2" higher on the passenger side. I'm thinking something might be bent?