ungawd
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Front Left height <=> Front Right height
If they're not equal there's lean to one side.
On the lean
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Front Left height <=> Front Right height
If they're not equal there's lean to one side.
severous01
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camaros and corvettes are built with a half inch of extra height on the driver's side. when you sit in the car, it levels out...unless you have company.
HADES20
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HADES20
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Yea I was confused when you said rake and blah but yeah so I guess it's me that's off idk but I'm going to still watch the plastic end links tho
ahtoxa
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This is true of many other cars as well. I've come across this on 3 different makes.
OP, if the left and right are within a quarter inch of each other of if driver side is higher but half inch at most, I'd not worry.
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ahtoxa
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The endlinks would not affect your ride height one way or another. Being equal length they put the same amount of force on each side and even if one was broken in half, that would have the same effect as not having the swaybar connected/present at all, as there's no torsional load/difference in load applied to either side.
HADES20
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So the sway bar acts as an aid in cornering to keep the car from sitting on its side while turning
ahtoxa
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They swaybar is essentially a flexible connection between the right and the left side. It's flexible at the bar itself, not at the links. If the top of this post is the front of the car pointed upwards, the bar's general shape is like this |______| when looking down at the vehicle form the top. The "arms" on the side act as levers with the swaybar links attached to the top of them as relative to this picture (top of the "|"). This basically puts torsional force on the bar itself, thus making the suspension resist variance in side-to-side difference, such as during cornering when one side is unloaded and the other is loaded. The bar acts as an equalizer to a degree making the car lean less. Now, if you were to hit a really wide dip in the road that affects the entire car equally making it bounce, the swaybar plays no role in that as there's no difference between suspension movement side-to-side. It also plays no role when the suspension is static, provided that you are on level ground.
HADES20
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Hymph I learned something thanks to you alls
ahtoxa
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I don't mean to be a pain in the ass about correcting you, but for the sake of facts...
The wheel arch measurement would not determine rake front to back, as that measurement is now useless. The wheel arch design may not be equal front to back so that throws the rake determination out the window. We need to compare apples to apples, meaning comparing measurements either between left and right front or left and right rear, respectively.
To measure rake, the best bet would be to measure the distance between ground and pinch weld at the back of the front wheel and at the front of the back wheel. Sorry for all the "backs" and "fronts" - don't mean to confuse.
I wouldn't say the wheel arch measurement is "useless."
Wheel Arches Front: 26 1/4"; Rear: 26 3/4"; Difference: 1/2"
Pinch Weld Front: 8 1/8"; Rear: 8 3/4"; Difference: 5/8"
While the pinch weld figures might be more accurate, there is a strong correlation between frame height and wheel arch height. I can tell that the car sits higher in the rear than it does in the front using either set of measurements (or the naked eye). Given that my hatch is weighed down with a hitch, spare tire, tools, a sub, and other miscellaneous items, a Sonic without the extra cargo probably sits even higher in the rear in relation to the front.