Lopsided height differential - ground to underside of wheel arch.

[David2269]

I hadn’t previously noticed that my stag has a lopsided look about it. First I thought it may be the tyres were flat but inflated them all to 30psi. I measured the ground to underside of the wheel arch and there is c1.6cm differential between the driver side and the passenger side. The measurements were driver side front 66.2cm, driver side rear 67.5cm, passenger side front 67.8, passenger side rear 67.5. Any suggestions as to what this issue may be?

[Edmason]

May just be years of use with a heavy driver and no passenger, but check OSF spring isn't broken, and that the top of the suspension turret under the bonnet hasn't rotted out - very unlikely but not unknown.

[trunt]

It’s called a “bachelor lean” many old cars have it, here in USA it’s to the left!. I’ll not comment on the relative sizes of the drivers as last time I was in UK it seemed to me that the UK has caught up on the weight front, probably from the American fast food joints.

[APS]

The drivers side commonly in many cars suffer from tired springs and or rubber bushes more quickly than the passenger side purely because cars are more often driven with only the driver present. Weight of the driver affect.

Our poor roads with the many potholes more often affecting the nearside suspension usually compensates for the above problem.

Worth checking springs, spring mounting rubbers, top mount, track control arm bushes and anti roll bar link and bushes. All can affect height of the car.

[jakesmig]

It’s called a “bachelor lean” " probably from the American fast food joints".

My eldest daughter lives near Dingwall in the North of Scotland and she reckons there aren't many fat kids North of Inverness because there aren't any fast food outlets above Inverness.

[Lingen]

It may also be that the subframe on that side is not properly attached to the diff nose bracket. It is not uncommon for the tubes that are built inside the inner end of the subframe arms where the fixing bolts pass through,to brake free. This will allow the aluminium suspension trailing arm to sag down, and lower the body.
Try jacking up the the front of the diff a bit and see if you can see any movement at the point where the bolts pass thorough.
There shouldn't be any.
Mike.