Spring settle down

esfan · Post by **esfan** » Fri Mar 12, 2010 8:10 pm

I just found out yesterday I jacked my car up and then let it down, the car's ass looks so high like it has never been lowered (it is still high now). Is this normal? Or it just takes time to settle down? I'm on the Megan racing springs. Thanks.

Danteneon · Post by **Danteneon** » Fri Mar 12, 2010 9:19 pm

Yep, it's normal. Even on coil-overs, if you lift the car on a jack or lift you need to drive the car around a bit to get it back where it was.

Post by **occasional demons** » Fri Mar 12, 2010 10:34 pm

EH?

I have never had that problem. The car always immediately settles to the normal ride height after being in the air.

esfan · Post by **esfan** » Fri Mar 12, 2010 10:54 pm

I measured by fingers and it seems like 2.5ish fingers yesterday, and 1.5ish fingers today... so i assume this case actually happens.

excon · Post by **excon** » Sat Mar 13, 2010 12:00 am

I know the opposite thing happened for me. I filled my car with stuff when I moved and the car sat lower for a day or two, then went back to normal.

esfan · Post by **esfan** » Sat Mar 13, 2010 12:39 am

^This happen to me also. Is that because the springs are not in good quality? or it's something related to the struts?

OB · Post by OB » Sat Mar 13, 2010 1:35 am

It's perfectly normal for the car to sit higher after you jack it up and back down. It's a combination of the suspension needing to settle, as well as the possible preload on the tires if you use chocks, have the ebrake on, or have the car in gear.

Now on the other hand, the car should never sit lower than normal after removing excess weight. That sounds like a bind in the suspension somewhere. Springs are anti-memory. aka they won't conform to a new position; they will always return to their neutral state. Anything from the dampers to the lateral arms/LCAs could be causing the bind.