achua

Thanks berty987 for the detailed reply. Have done what you suggested and that was to swap the entire struts right to left and there was still a noticeable ride height difference of about 10mm between left and right rear while the front was about 10mm lower than the lower of the two in the rear. In short, not much change after swapping struts. So i'm beginning to suspect chassis issues which would be very depressing. The car does roll signifcantly more on the right than left without PASM in sport mode though...could this also be a problem with the chassis?

Thanks for the quick reply. I had the rear springs removed and heights compared (placed on an even surface) and they were equal. Which suggests that it may not be the springs fault. Could one of the rear springs have fatigued earlier than the other in which case the visual test wouldn't pick out the softer spring.

The mechanic did check and the only issue was the front spring was a little bent but that was replaced and the front was fine after that but the rear suspension was feeling a little odd. Brought it back to mechanic and he said he checked the both coil springs in the rear and that the heights were equal and they were the correct parts. All four shocks also checked out ok but all he said was they weren't leaking oil so they must be fine. Floor to top of wheel arch measurements for front two are more or less equal at 69cm the right rear measurement was 70cm and the left rear was 71cm. So if the springs heights are not the issue, what else could be causing this imbalance?

Hi, I've been through the posts and the topic that best describes it is found in the 996 section but could find nothing similar in the 997 section which led to a few questions. More on that further down: I've got a UK version of a 2005 c2s tip with PASM but I now reside in the tropics where average temperature are about 30 degrees C all year round. I've owned it for about 6 months now and realise that the right rear suspension is about 1cm lower than the left rear and about 1cm lower than the front. Measurements were taken from the floor to the top of the wheel arch. Although this is not the way that Porsche recommends, it is the best I could manage under the circumstances. Looking at the car from both the front and the rear while it's stationary does show quite a visible list. The car drives fine. It does not pull to any side but does roll a little more on the right when taking corners. Also, when taking speed bumps, the dampening effect of the shocks don't feel very even with the right rear feeling a little more sluggish. The car has only done about 18000 km. Low for one this age and certainly one of the main reasons why I bought it in the first place so a worn suspension on a car that has hardly been driven is a little bit suspect. I recently changed both front springs as one of the coils was slightly bent and was causing some noise from the steering when you rotated the wheel both when driving and when stationary. So the questions are: 1) Could it be a problem with the chassis? If not, what could cause the suspension to wear like that in a car that's hardly been driven? 2) Is it the shocks in the rear that are worn? In which case should I replace all four or just the rear pair? 3) Do the rear springs need replacing? Do the shocks make any difference in ride height? 4) What is the approximate cost of parts if I replaced them with standard Porsche parts for that model year? While it doesn't seem to affect useability of the car in the short term, the car doesn't seem "whole" visually because of the list to the right and the difference in dampening action is just a niggling irritation that spoils the enjoyment of the car as a whole <_< . Appreciate anybody's input and thanks in advance.