[iviegatron]

I was planning on installing my MSS kit on my G80 and took measurements before the drop and noticed a difference of 3/16" between the driver side and passenger side for both front and rear. Driver side is higher.

I figured after installing the springs it may even out, granted they are still settling since it's a new install. After driving about 50 miles the difference is still 3/16".

Is this unevenness normal, and should I adjust either side to match one another?

Is the passenger side heavier on our cars?

[voyagergab]

Interesting. Wondering if it evens out with the driver in the car? If this makes any sense.

[Voodoo_G80]

I was watching a video from whatsyourforte. He was lowering his g80 and took measurements and talks about this. Definitely worth the watch. Hope that helps

[BEAR-AvHistory]

Could be urban legend but read once a long time ago its intended to roughly compensate for driver weight.

Have no idea if its true or not.

[Dr.Deep]

This may well be…there are tolerances on all the body parts, so it may be that the car height is even, but when measuring u notice a difference…u often notice that even more when corner balancing a car…

But what is interesting here that it's the same front and back…so could well be to compensate the driver weight

[iviegatron]

Originally Posted by voyagergab

Interesting. Wondering if it evens out with the driver in the car? If this makes any sense.

Originally Posted by BEAR-AvHistory

Could be urban legend but read once a long time ago its intended to roughly compensate for driver weight.

Have no idea if its true or not.

This could be true, sounds plausible.

Originally Posted by Voodoo_G80

I was watching a video from whatsyourforte. He was lowering his g80 and took measurements and talks about this. Definitely worth the watch. Hope that helps

I will go take a look at his video. Thanks!

[nearwater4me]

I did the measurement on my G82 before the MSS install.
I was surprised to find out that the height was exactly the same on driver's side vs. the passenger's side.
Measured from bottom of the wheels to fender:
Front: 25-3/16"
Rear: 25-3/4"

[jmg]

This could very well be compensating for driver weight, however I didn't know they did this out of the factory.

When corner balancing my car, I often sit in the driver's seat while they do it. While height does play a role in balancing the car, it's more of a product of weight over each wheel that determines how the weight is distributed and the suspension setting for each corner.