Kereta senget sebelah

[bimmer73]

will try.. i have changed all dampers, mounting, bushes.. i want to try swtiching the spring next.. i hope its not the shocks although chances are high coz only happened after change new shocks? tq

Bro no offence taken..Don't waste time and money...the other reason is the engine it bends to the right for Six Cylinders. Yes it's a BMW it is so perfectly built in that way even with the senget sebelah the handling is not at all effected. The other theories that i heard from others is that the body is meant for europeon countries with Left hand drives hence the europeons are bigger in size. so when the driver sit in the driver seat the car balance. Some of the cars mainly the bmw wagons come with self leveling suspensions. The stock suspensions is not so obvious but if you measure with your fingers you will see the slight difference. For your Own satifaction go and change everthing that has to do with the entire suspension ie....Mounting, Bumpstop, springs, shocks, etc etc etc.....the result will be the same....don't take my word for it please do go and try it...if it bothers you that much and you have sleeplees nights the next thing you can do is to add a washer to both right front and rear on the top of the asssembly underneath the nut that secures the shocks to the springs. weather it effects your handling then I'm not so sure..you can check with one of the forumers i think a few of them ddi that.

It's the same with the cambers. Tires on Beemers wears in the inside first if it wears on the outside or the center of the tyre the there is a problem with the camber and the toe in toe out. A friend of mind was not happy with the setup spend Thousands of dollars pulling the camber to straighten it and screwed up his handling and eventually had to spend a couple of thousands more again putting it back to the original position and kept the parts in his show case.......

 

[saifulila68]

So, anybody know how to resolve it's?? And who else has face this problem? Let we discuss and 'kautim' it's as well... All "Otai2" and "Sifus" please comments. Bro Izham and Alan, nice to meet u at Naidu and Hama Auto. Both of u owned superb ride. :rock::top:

 

[champion]

Isnt this explained by bimmer73 that its not a problem ? My car oso senget to the right, but not significant. Perhaps if you really want to fix it, go get height adjustable shocks.

However i am sure there is good enough reason why BMW built in such a way.

 

[safrul]

my car also senget to the right...common problem in BMW.

If you really want to fix this, try to reduce air pressure in the wheels on the left side.

 

[bimmerholic]

then habis la your left tire...faster wear rate

 

[t2ribena]

then habis la your left tire...faster wear rate

and not to mention dangerous as well...

 

[agassi]

betul ka? my E46 also same, after change all 4 new stock absorber front and back also senget abit. i notice coz i take hose to spray the arch to clean them, but notice my hand is easier to go in from one side only. the other side i have to sqeeze my hand in only can wash, mukakakakka

Bro, may I know, what brand did you change your absorber to? did you maintain the stock spring? hows the ride after the change?

 

[fabianyee]

This problem has been discussed countless time...
The BMW 4 and 6 cylinder engines are built to lean towards the right to lower the centre of gravity... This works well for decades for LHD cars in europe where the driver would be on the left countering engine weight on the right...
So when the time comes to produce RHD version, do you think they would reverse the configuration to lean the engine the left??? No...
So for the RHD, the engine weight would be right biased, coupled with the driver's weight, thus contributing to the fact that the right is slightly lower..

And don't try to lower the tyre pressure on the left... It's dangerous especially if you do go at speed often..

 

[bimmer73]

Oh man. I am so sick of educating people about this senget sebelah.......to all BMW owners There is no solution to this.

 

[ckhaw]

It's amazing the Germans thought of everything, even to make the left side higher than the right. I think fabian's & bimmer's theory is right, no point fixing it. The only other solution i can think of i not to fill in so much petrol, so the car won't be so heavy on the right then won't so senget! haha... Hope that improves the "sengetness".

Cheers!

 

[zas]

i had those problem with my e36 previously, i was told it's normal for Bimmer to be 'senget sebelah' eventhough it does not make sense. However the situation is differ for my E46 M43 engine year 2002, UK spec that i own since 10 months ago. it was perfectly balance. Unfortunately 'the senget' virus has only yesterday actacking my car. Unable to diagnose the actual problem as all the tyre shop now are on CNY holliday. Perhap next week can really now what is actually happen. Why the so call "virus" only attack my care now !! Obviously i believe there must be some official explanation regarding this "senget virus" , perhap those who are in the right position (Bimmer's official) may have the right answer to it.!!!

 

[saifulila68]

Zas,

How much different that 'senget'..???:39:

 

[Herbert]

i had those problem with my e36 previously, i was told it's normal for Bimmer to be 'senget sebelah' eventhough it does not make sense. However the situation is differ for my E46 M43 engine year 2002, UK spec that i own since 10 months ago. it was perfectly balance. Unfortunately 'the senget' virus has only yesterday actacking my car. Unable to diagnose the actual problem as all the tyre shop now are on CNY holliday. Perhap next week can really now what is actually happen. Why the so call "virus" only attack my care now !! Obviously i believe there must be some official explanation regarding this "senget virus" , perhap those who are in the right position (Bimmer's official) may have the right answer to it.!!!

bro, a very logical reason could be for 10 months you must have slowly put on weight to cause senget sebelah!!!!

 

[zas]

aiseyman, my weight have been this static all the while for the past 5 years. thinking of loose weight adalah!
Now since you have mention it, i've trouble myself with the ruler to measure the gap of all the tyre between body. Guess what? Differ of front and rear tyres for both side is about 2cm. Differ of each left and right tyres for front and right side is about 1cm. Arrgh ... i've an uneven car now. Honestly the differ of 1cm tilted, if seen from the posterior, for a body width of 173.9cm is tremendously very obvious. my curiosity is why , why now only this 'virus' effect me..how come for the past 10 months is perfectly balance. it's really questioning my logic.

 

[Herbert]

bro zas,

One possible cause could be a worn out right engine or gear box mounting.

 

[shiva73]

OMG .. Look like the ' senget sebelah' problem is leaving us with sleepless night .

 

[saifulila68]

Zas,
Not only BMW have this "penyakit"... others car also same. Experience with my previous car like Ford Telstar, Honda Accord 2.2, Proton Wira and now E34, this "senget" problem happened and couldn't solve. I don't know why? But if u mentioned 1 to 2 cm differ, that normal. My brother in law E90 also same, differ around 1 to 2 cm. Lowered to right side. However, try to check with your mechanic. Maybe they can solve the problem. Good luck....:top:

 

[onlinechi]

wah... and i tot i was the only one with the prob. Mine is senget 1 cm lower on the right. Measure from ground to wing mirror. So funny problem for such an expensive car.. but as long as its not a problem.. n everyone also same issue.. ok lo. Mine is e60 btw

 

[saifulila68]

wah... and i tot i was the only one with the prob. Mine is senget 1 cm lower on the right. Measure from ground to wing mirror. So funny problem for such an expensive car.. but as long as its not a problem.. n everyone also same issue.. ok lo. Mine is e60 btw

Haiyaaa....!!! E60 also "senget" maaa... So, how to say?? Just leave it as long not effect with your car handling. BTW, 1 to 2 cm differ is nothing le..!! U owned 1st class car..:top: