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Ride height difference

paulandpat

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Went to pick up Pat's R4GTL from Dinard airport on Monday, (having come to the UK to collect incredibly cheap LHD C*****n BX diesel), and whilst she was following me home I noticed in the mirror that the ride height from side to side seems to differ, so that it appears that the car is compensating for the camber in the road :confused: , ie the body appears to be level whilst the road slopes. We did not buy it off a particularly fat bloke :) so I'm not sure why it should have 'settled' like this. The point I'm trying to work up to is how easy will this be to correct, or is it one of those 'life's too short to worry about' things. Tyre wear does not seem much different side to side.
 
The important fact is to measure the underbody height as per the manual on level ground (without the driver inside of course). If it is correct, all is OK even if it tilts to the left with the driver inside.
An old trick here was to set the left side a little higher (5-10 mm) so that driver's weight made the car sit level on the road (Renault actually permitted this). Obviously this applies to LHD cars!
 
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