Purely for the sake of appearance...

[terranosauruschris]

Hi, guys, just a quick one...

I'm getting a bit fed up with my Terry looking like I parked it with one corner in a hole! Tyre top to wheel arch measurements are as follows:

FNS 10cm
FOS 9cm
RNS 17cm
ROS 15.5cm

Is there an easy way of making it look a bit less like it's broken!? Got new standard coils on the back and new shocks on the front, suspension's all in good order.
Cheers fellers:nenau

 

[Fez_uk]

adjust the front torsion bars.

 

[stinka]

I do all my tire pressures first. Then I measure from the road to top of arch on flat/level ground and i adjust my front to be 10mm lower than the rear.

Ive done it twice in the 4 months I have owned it, first time front needed 60mm of lift as it had sagged that much in 10 years, then last week I did it again and the o/s had sagged 30mm again and the n/s 15mm. Weird that they had sagged again only a couple of months after adjusting, but i put this down to the battering i give the suspension as it had never been off the tarmac until i owned it

 

[terranosauruschris]

Simple as that, eh? Better break out a gallon of penetrating fluid then!
Thanks for the bit about measuring from the road, that's gotta be more accurate.
:bow

 

[stinka]

Simple as that, eh? Better break out a gallon of penetrating fluid then!
Thanks for the bit about measuring from the road, that's gotta be more accurate.
:bow

Torsion bar adjusting nuts should be pretty rust free mate, will probably crack off without wd40. just remember to jack front up so wheels just leave ground whilst adjusting, makes it easyer to turn nuts. and you are winding nuts down towards the ground to raise the front. 1 full turn = 5mm

I take a few measurements in case my arch is bent etc, so i measure corner of bumper to floor, bottom of headlights to floor, arch liner to floor sill to floor etc, just so i know its the same both sides.