Help!!! I installed some 25mm TCSportline wheel spacers on my xB yesterday. I am dropped on Tein coilovers, and soon after putting on the spacers, I noticed that one side of my rear was higher than the other side (the ride height). I also noticed a strange squeek under breaking and a strange squeek going over bumps. To make matters worse, my car pulls hard to the left. What happened?!?!?! What went wrong!!!???

 

maybe you installed one upside down?

 

Are both rears springs seated correctly?

 

Not sure that one can even be seated "upside down", and how do I check for correctly seated springs?

 

E-mail Randode! He's local and knows more about lowering Scions than anyone else in the country.

 

I actually have an appointment with him this coming saturday.

 

BUMP for some last minute pointers!!!

 

At what time? -- And did you ever take alook at your rear springs to see if one of
them wasn't seated in the spring cup correctly? Both top and bottom.

 

I have an appt. at 10am. And yes I checked the springs. The problem is that my cars height has always been off, but its just way more noticeable with the wheels sticking out. I'll just get Randode to even out the ride height on my coilovers, and problem fixed. I figure the pulling left came from my wheels being wider out, and I never did figure out where the squeaking came from?

Edit: Oh yea I took off the spacers for now and all of the problems are fixed.

 

Well had I had my eyes open when I first read your post I would seen "coilovers"
I wouldn't have asked if one spring was seated incorrectly. My excuse is I'm old
Strange -- now you have taken the spacers off the problems go away -- maybe to
much stress or load on the wheel bearings?

 

Could I possibly have wheel bearing problems? I found this site.....and my symptoms WERE handling and noise problems......... http://www.babcox.com/editorial/cm/cm69816.htm

 

Your using or trying to use a spacer thats a slightly over an inch thick(25.4mm to a inch).
I don't know how you put them on -- by hand or with air tools. Did you torque the
bolt's after installation. It sounds like they were the problem, but why? To bad I
won't be ther when randode does his thing. I'd like to have seen these spacers in
person.