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Right bought my VR Limited Combi II, and its marked on the sticker inside the door shut as having Bilsteins. Now on three corners, it does have billies. The two rears are identical and look like they have never been touched, so nothing suggests to me that theres anything wrong there.
Now. the FRONT PASSENGER corner of the car has quite a bit higher ride height, so thats what im investigating here. Now your probably expecting me to say the 3rd Bilstein is on the FRONT DRIVERS side and thus the reason for the increase in height on the FRONT PASSENGER side, is due to a different shock being fitted......but thats wrong lol. The FRONT PASSENGER side has the 3rd Bilstein shock on it (the corner thats too high) and its the FRONT DRIVERS side which has the different shock, which is a KYB unit that ive never seen before?!?!?! Now to confuse things even more, I have a recipt in the cars folder which says that the O/S/F shock was replaced in Novemeber 2003?!?!?!
O/S/F is passenger side front, right???
Stay with me! lol.
Here are the ride heights of the 4 corners:
Id say the reason for the difference between the two rears (despite the shocks being the same) is that the PASSENGER FRONT being high is raising the DRIVERS FRONT and PASSENGERS REAR up. Ie. the FRONT DRIVERS side is affecting all the ride heights except the REAR DRIVERS side.
Here are the front two shocks:
DRIVERS:
PASSENGERS:
So key things I need to figure out are:
1) Why is the PASSENGER FRONT corner so high?
2) Which is the easiest way to solve this problem? One front shock? A pair? etc etc
Thanks!!!!
Now. the FRONT PASSENGER corner of the car has quite a bit higher ride height, so thats what im investigating here. Now your probably expecting me to say the 3rd Bilstein is on the FRONT DRIVERS side and thus the reason for the increase in height on the FRONT PASSENGER side, is due to a different shock being fitted......but thats wrong lol. The FRONT PASSENGER side has the 3rd Bilstein shock on it (the corner thats too high) and its the FRONT DRIVERS side which has the different shock, which is a KYB unit that ive never seen before?!?!?! Now to confuse things even more, I have a recipt in the cars folder which says that the O/S/F shock was replaced in Novemeber 2003?!?!?!
O/S/F is passenger side front, right???
Stay with me! lol.
Here are the ride heights of the 4 corners:

Id say the reason for the difference between the two rears (despite the shocks being the same) is that the PASSENGER FRONT being high is raising the DRIVERS FRONT and PASSENGERS REAR up. Ie. the FRONT DRIVERS side is affecting all the ride heights except the REAR DRIVERS side.
Here are the front two shocks:
DRIVERS:


PASSENGERS:


So key things I need to figure out are:
1) Why is the PASSENGER FRONT corner so high?
2) Which is the easiest way to solve this problem? One front shock? A pair? etc etc
Thanks!!!!