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Old 03-22-2006, 12:55 PM
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Car tilted left

Anyone elses TSX tilt to the left? I'm thinking it's the suspension. I took it to the dealership and they replied, "it's normal and that most cars lean either left or right". They measured both sides and said it was different by 1/4" which is not enough to warrant an issue. Thoughts, ideas? Thanks in advance!

Note: ground is flat and all tire pressures have been checked to ensure proper inflation.

Old 03-22-2006, 01:44 PM
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dam that car has problems..unless u took the picture tilted
Old 03-22-2006, 02:47 PM
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Originally Posted by str8 tsx
Anyone elses TSX tilt to the left? I'm thinking it's the suspension. I took it to the dealership and they replied, "it's normal and that most cars lean either left or right". They measured both sides and said it was different by 1/4" which is not enough to warrant an issue. Thoughts, ideas? Thanks in advance!

Note: ground is flat and all tire pressures have been checked to ensure proper inflation.

That looks like much more than 1/4"!
Old 03-22-2006, 02:52 PM
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You're not like 500 lbs or anything like that, right? J/K
Old 03-22-2006, 03:11 PM
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I would go to another dealership and have it checked out.

That first dealership you went to, did you get their explanation in writing, cause that doesn't sound right at all.
Old 03-22-2006, 03:17 PM
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Most cars are not perfectly balanced from left and right. It's not unusual for one side to be higher but shouldn't be execessively higher. I have taken one of my other cars to the dealer and they said it's normal and won't do anything about it. I even swapped the rear shock/spring assembly with the same result.

Btw, I notice it's always the rear right corner that is higher.
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Is it left side too low or right side too high?
Old 03-23-2006, 09:39 AM
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It looks like the picture to me. BTW, most garage floors are tilted for drainage... one way or another. Only true way to see if the car is balanced is to put a scale under each wheel, but then you sitting in it changes it too.
Old 03-23-2006, 10:57 PM
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Definitely looks like the picture =/ But then again I could always be wrong o_O
Old 03-23-2006, 11:49 PM
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looks like your car didnt have its v8 today...


nah, but for real get it checked out by someone else because that doesnt look
normal.
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Originally Posted by moda_way
It looks like the picture to me. BTW, most garage floors are tilted for drainage... one way or another. Only true way to see if the car is balanced is to put a scale under each wheel, but then you sitting in it changes it too.
Seeing if the floor is level is easy. Just take a level and put it flat on the foor one way, then rotate 90 degrees, and check again.
Even with the floor being compensated for, it still shouldn't be blatently obvious that the car is uneven. What you could try to do is measure it yourself. Just measure from the floor up to the bottom of the fender. Do it on all 4 corners and see if it matches up from left to right. That way you'll know if it's 1/4 inches or if the dealer was bsing you and it was really 3 inches of difference.
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All of the AUDM Accord Euros on stock suspension are higher on one side by 10mm. That's way more than your 1/4". Probably the TSX is the same?
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10mm woudln't be noticeable in the pic. That's like the width of not even a finger. It's obviously way more than 10mm.
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