Hi guys,Just got an E39 recently. Just noticed that the car seems to be a little lower on the drivers side. Took it to a mechanic and he claims that it was normal for BMWs. I guessed that he would have gotten me to change something (they always do) if he could fix it, but he said it was nothing. Is this true? Anyone knows what might be the problem? Is your car tilting?:dunno: :dunno:
Tilting??
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I have always noticed this in my E46 and thot it looked very odd when parked but didn't bother checking the actual height difference cos the car drives OK. Glad to know it's not an anomaly.
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Its normal. Shock absorbers cool at different rates from left to right and front to back. Resulting in somtime strange looking car stance when unladen.
This is particularly obvious if your car park is slanted to one side. Nothing to worry about as every other car has similar issues.
Continental cars are a lot heavier so that "rebound" sag may stay the same when the whole car cools overnight. The moment you warm up the car and drives, it all becomes even!. Nice and good. You can try this by putting your car in a very flat surface and measuring the height from fender top to the ground. Variance should be under 1 cm. If the car is evenly laden, variant can be smaller than 5 mm which is really nothing.
But if your car has an alignment problem (too much toe-in one side or too much camber one side),. It would be worse. So if you really want to check, do an alignment first to ensure your car has stock geometry spec.
This is particularly obvious if your car park is slanted to one side. Nothing to worry about as every other car has similar issues.
Continental cars are a lot heavier so that "rebound" sag may stay the same when the whole car cools overnight. The moment you warm up the car and drives, it all becomes even!. Nice and good. You can try this by putting your car in a very flat surface and measuring the height from fender top to the ground. Variance should be under 1 cm. If the car is evenly laden, variant can be smaller than 5 mm which is really nothing.
But if your car has an alignment problem (too much toe-in one side or too much camber one side),. It would be worse. So if you really want to check, do an alignment first to ensure your car has stock geometry spec.
Sorry Lionel missed your post.
Well then it is true that all most BMW do tilt to the right.
Well some that i see on the road seems ok. Maybe like ETouring said it evens out once you drive it, just a little difficult for me to see if I am in the car. :dunno: :dunno:
Oh well, it seems ok when I drive it. I guess it is just a cosmetic problem.
Thanks guys.
Well then it is true that all most BMW do tilt to the right.
Well some that i see on the road seems ok. Maybe like ETouring said it evens out once you drive it, just a little difficult for me to see if I am in the car. :dunno: :dunno:
Oh well, it seems ok when I drive it. I guess it is just a cosmetic problem.
Thanks guys.
