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Originally Posted by Soravia
LoL, shocks, actually dampers don't break from that. If they do, your car will sit lower due to less resistance they offered before.
Check the springs and their mount. Might become misaligned. Also check bushings. Could have been twisted the whole time and now repositioned?
Now your dampers may have been broke even before this! Most last like 60k miles.
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I am leaning toward that the dampers were broken before I changed the wheels. My car is 2011 model and is about to hit 70k, so maybe it's about time.
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Originally Posted by thakid22
The car will return to normal ride height after a quick trip around the block.
When the tires leave the ground, they add stress to the suspension when you lower the car back down.
This is caused by friction between the tire and ground surface.
The suspension doesn't move straight up and down along its travel range.
It moves it an arc. When you lower the car back to the ground the tires and bushings bear the difference between the natural suspension arc and the vertical physical movement you create with jacking/lowering. This leads to increased height.
After you drive the car a couple of feet, the tension will be released (at the tire contact patches) and the ride height will go back to normal.
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Thanks for the advice.
So they did go back and but they wouldn't sit with the consistent height. I was wondering if that's because of the ground not being flat, but they keep change their heights.
Right now, I am keep checking every time I park, but the front wheel gaps are changing all the time. I guess the dampers are about to be dead
I am gonna get it to the mechanic to see if the dampers are really gone bad or not.