my daily 2002 tdi golf has it's mot in 3 weeks it has a slight height difference front drivers side to passenger parked on level ground the drivers side is 1.5cm lower than the passenger, i've checked and can't see a broken spring or any other noticable fault/damage - i'm queuing myself up for a fall here but other than "a fat bloke always sits on the drivers side and has worn it out" what could it be??
yeah i thought so, must be a nice clean break then as i had 2 tyres yesterday and had a real good nosey while it was hanging at full stretch and couldn't see a thing.... hopefully the tester won't see it then.
yeah i'll have to have another check i guess, to be fair i'm probably gonna chuck it in for a fix sheet and if it passes bonus i guess.
in fairness they look tired and old all round, in an ideal world i'd like a new set but there's never the money when you run a junker.
i felt "dirty" fitting chinese ditchfinder tyres as it is...... 2 of kwik fits finest "arrowspeed" replaced 2 bald firestones.
ha! to be fair a quick e-bay can get new ones at £17.90 each delivered so if i was stripping out i'd just change them for that i guess..... i wish i could find some heavy duty ones though as the speed humps are really high by me and i'd like to pick it up an inch or so..... i presume tdi ones are gonna be the heaviest duty they make? that said i guess new ones will probably raise even the higher side as they are looking tired.
joking aside i can't find heavy duty springs, i think the tdi are as "heavy" as they get? if i had a 1.4 i presume fitting tdi ones would raise it but i can't see anything heavier than a tdi as i guess the v6 ones would be lower...
Fat bloke theory is correct, I've had a number of cars like that. Take a look at T4 Westy's they all lean to the right too because of the cupboard weights.
mmmm interesting, it does go with my theory earlier that i couldn't see a broken spring.... think i'll wait to see if it fails and the mot man has better eyes than me, it doesn't overly worry me although i suppose with my "safety" head on it wouldn't pull up true if i stood on the brakes? maybe lef's swap em over isn't so silly...... (apart from they're that cheap that if you're gonna go to the effort to strip down you may as well swap out)
