Hi! I just got my car fixed after a little accident and when I got it back I noticed than one side of my car is about an inch lower than the other one. And I guess because of that my VDC turns on every turn when I accelerate even a little beat, which never happened before. My car got hit in the both wheels, front and rear, driver side. After that, I changed all of the suspension components, including sway bars and all of the control arms, even the rear knuckle but excluding springs. And I changed just the front shock because the rear one seemed fine. Springs seemed fine to me also but when the shop put my car together, I got my car lower on one side...
So I guess the question is: Is there anything else besides the springs affect the ride height? Or should I just change the springs and it'll be fine? What else can I expect from the post-accident suspension?

 

could they re-compress the older springs??( im not to familiar on putting springs on oem struts but that what came to my mind)

 

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right side



right rear



left rear



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and general view from the front. You can see, the car is a little lower on one side...

 

Full tank of gas?

 

 

Bondo??

 

?? this shop, just installed parts? was it a collision repair shop? with lazer alignment and 350z data points to ensure that the mounting points of all these "components" are in the correct position..???

odds are the unibody is tweaked??

pics of the accident? damage pics??

I suggest having the car lazer shot at a collision repair shop with that capability.
if all that check out right, then remove both front struts and measure them? ensure they are the right length.

rear is just the spring bucket and rubber mount up top? inspect that...

-J

 

It was a shop that just installed the parts (subframe, control arms) to make the car drivable. Then, I drove it home and start working on it and getting ready for the body shop. I did what I could myself (changed radiator supports, radiator, lights, exhaust, wheels, more control arms etc.) and then I took it to the collision repair body shop. They said they had to pull the car a little with some special tool with chains in order for the body parts to fit properly on the car. After, they took it for an alignment to the other shop, never gave me the readings...
I guess, I'm going to have to go to the frame repair shop, they should have all of the laser tools to check if I have any structural damage...

This is the pics of damages:

 

yep, alignment would be the first thing to tell you if something is wrong, especially if all the arms, etc are stock.......because there is a very small range in specs that if some part of the car isnt put back together right you would know it!

sounds like a shop that just used the old methods of getting things back together........no lazer rack???

i say ya, take it to a shop with the correct capabilities and go from there...really unless you know what to look for, your not gonna see it...

-J

 

Thanks for the photos. That is a considerable difference. Still it is an improvement over the accident photos.