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Josh Halse
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South Australia
soarer v8

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Reg: 12-2011

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Tuesday, June 12, 2012 - 01:25 pm, by:  Josh Halse (Sir_400) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Okay so I don't know when it happened, not until recently I assume as I have never noticed it until today.

I have the after market R-spec controller.

What's happening is the passenger side is lower than the drivers side? (both front and rear) but they pump up fine and go down fine, and don't decompress when turned off like broken suspension systems seem to do. They go up and down by the same amount as the other side but they aren't flush.

Any suggestions?? I don't know which side is correct, If i set my controller to FR:0 FL:0 R:3 then the drivers side rear sits around 3 fingers space from the wheel (17" drift teks) and the passenger side rear sits basically flush with the top of the tyre. (fronts have roughly the same difference as each other)

I've tried setting it all on the highest and all the lowest and turning it off and what not to see if it will reset, but no success. Just wondering if anyone has any solutions to this problem? Thanks.
Rory Braatvedt
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North Island
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Tuesday, June 12, 2012 - 02:09 pm, by:  Rory Braatvedt (Fallward) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

I think drivers side is naturally higher in the 31's to compensate for driver weight, but i could be wrong. When i was lowering my airbags manually i had to turn the height sensors a few more times on the drivers side to get it even.
Josh Halse
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South Australia
soarer v8

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Tuesday, June 12, 2012 - 03:25 pm, by:  Josh Halse (Sir_400) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Ahh yeah I thought about that, wouldn't surprise me that they made it that way. I just can't believe I have never noticed it was this much difference? I think it is a bit out of wack at the moment because you do notice it from behind the car. Maybe I will wait a few days to see what happens and if nothing look more into it. Thanks :-)
David Goldthorpe
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UZZ31 GT-L

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Tuesday, June 12, 2012 - 05:07 pm, by:  David Goldthorpe (Sprocket82) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Josh, I had the same air-suspension problems a few years back and after a lot of stuffing around trying to get it level, I came to the conclusion that 1 or more of the height control rod sensors were probably faulty. I ended up doing a complete suspension replacement to coil springs. I don't know if it's possible to test the sensors for accuracy.

You might want to try unplugging the aftermarket R-Spec controller and just run the factory suspension computer whilst your trying to get it level. This will at least tell you if the aftermarket computer is the problem. There is a tutorial for this somewhere.

Also, remember if you adjust the height at 1 corner of the car manually (ie. the control rods), then the the adjacent corner will be adjusted in the opposite direction. For example, if you lower the front driver's side, you will also raise the rear passenger's side. This makes it a bit tricky to actually get the car 100% level.

Hope this helps - Good luck.
Josh Halse
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Tuesday, June 12, 2012 - 06:27 pm, by:  Josh Halse (Sir_400) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Thanks a lot for the info mate but I think I'm lucky in this scenario, it has actually evened it self out and is fine again haha. I only noticed it this morning and panicked as I know how these can be a bit touchy.

I tried to make a lower driving presetting to 2,2,5 and then when I got back home realised I wouldn't be able to get over the driveway that low so just put it on my previous setting whilst driving before I got there. When I got out the car is when I noticed it so maybe it was just something to do with that, I have driven since then and now it's flush.

Thanks again all :-)

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