[EURO] 1cm Higher on Front Passenger side.

[aaronng]

Hello. Just got back. Measured my Euro. It's 1cm lower on the right side too. I've got about 7600km on the odometer and it's all stock except for the gearknob.

[Kandy]

My car drives well. I have checked tyre pressure according to Honda's recommendation. I used the recommended "constant high speed" tyre pressure.

I thought this was only highway driving??? 51 or so psi? Hmm maybe I'm reading this wrong, but you don't usually have it on the constand high speed setting??

[PERTH_EURO]

im one big boi, i am always the only person in my car, and there is 5mm dif (lower on drivers side).

You have nothing to worry about. It has nothing to do with who or how long someone sits in particular spot.

Thing of it this way.. you have 10mm dif... there might be a couple of mm in suspension setup.... couple of mm in kit... mm dif in ground and before you know it 10mm is accounted for.

Its nothing.

[Guzzy888]

Thank you so much for all of your input.

It was because I've had so many issues with my cars before and i get paranoid with things that looks suspicious.

Thanks to Aaronng for checking it out. How was your reaction to this?

I do wish i have bigger tyres though

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I have one more observation. I noticed on the front passenger side - if you look just above the wheel, there is capping type thing which looks golden and clean. If i compare it on the driver's side, it has a dark substance coating on it. Why is the "capping" is clean on the passenger's side but not on the driver's side. I've checked it with one of my Euro friends, and he did also noticed this golden capping on the passenger side. The coil sits ontop of this capping. Any idea what this is called?

[aaronng]

Well, I'm the guy with the loud creak from the rear parcel shelf. A 1cm difference is not freaking me out yet. It will when my car starts pulling to the left or right on its own when driving. Hehe. I'd say, don't worry about this one because the general population has it and no one has had suspension problem yet. I would like to have the 17" stock rims.. but I bet tyre prices would be significantly higher!

[VirIIx]

i'd like to have 17" rims as well :| they just look so much nicer...

but tyre's do cost more as they get lower profile and larger

[bigdongers]

just get a heavy friend to sit in the passenger seat with you when you are driving to help even it out

[aaronng]

Time to revive the thread. I know it's 4am... but I had an epiphany! The reason why our cars are lower on the front driver side is because of corner balancing! With the driver in the car, the front right has more weight, hence they lower the front right so that the weight in that corner is reduced to balance it out. Check out "corner balancing" on google.

Good linky: http://www.nsxprime.com/FAQ/Performa...nerbalance.htm

[BiLL|z0r]

Wouldn't the drivers corner be higher than the others then, not lower. When the driver sits in the car it makes it lower and hence it's the same height all round?

[aaronng]

Wouldn't the drivers corner be higher than the others then, not lower. When the driver sits in the car it makes it lower and hence it's the same height all round?

Nope, nothing to do with looks. It's to do with handling by weight balancing. If you reduce the height on the driver's side, then it takes less weight and more weight is applied to the other side instead.

They do this by placing the car on 4 balancing scales, one under each wheel.

[EuroDude]

Nice, but if there is a passenger in the car, the offset balance could cause handling issues.

So the reason they did it could be because of the transmission weight weighing down one side more than the other.

[BiLL|z0r]

I understand now Aaron. So fat people, loose some weight, you're throwing the handling out