Glad you seem to be happy with it. Last thing I can think of is that the stuff the spring mounts are connected to has rusted and given a bit. But if you've already checked these then this won't be it.
Oh and also accident damage.Wrinkled bits of steel anywhere on either chassis, gulp, or body work, only visible on the inside of the engine bay.
I think these are unlikely.
 
Mine leans to one side slightly when parked but after driving for a bit seems to level off

No leaks

May replace sensors
 
Glad you seem to be happy with it. Last thing I can think of is that the stuff the spring mounts are connected to has rusted and given a bit. But if you've already checked these then this won't be it.
Oh and also accident damage.Wrinkled bits of steel anywhere on either chassis, gulp, or body work, only visible on the inside of the engine bay.
I think these are unlikely.
Thanks, but chassis is excellent and all intact, no signs of accident damage or anything.
I'll have another crawl about and think about it when this wind and rain next stops.
 
Thanks, but chassis is excellent and all intact, no signs of accident damage or anything.
I'll have another crawl about and think about it when this wind and rain next stops.
Don't hold your breath, except when you are under water!
 
OK to close this thread down I can now report that I have fixed it and it sits level.
I have been measuring from the spring seat to the isolator on all four corners.
When I corrected the worst measurement on the rear the front corrected itself. I did this by jacking between the axle and chassis until both measurements were equal.
Therefore the permanent fix (for this set of springs at least) has now been to weld an 8mm plate below the spring seat and on either side where it seems to bear on the axle.
The difference was measured at approx 10mm on the rear so the 8mm plate should have reduced that to 2mm. The car now sits nicely and the front is spot on.

The true root cause? Could be the spring kit or it may be that (as some rumour) the drivers side springs on OEM are normally slightly longer and these were not.
 
OK to close this thread down I can now report that I have fixed it and it sits level.
I have been measuring from the spring seat to the isolator on all four corners.
When I corrected the worst measurement on the rear the front corrected itself. I did this by jacking between the axle and chassis until both measurements were equal.
Therefore the permanent fix (for this set of springs at least) has now been to weld an 8mm plate below the spring seat and on either side where it seems to bear on the axle.
The difference was measured at approx 10mm on the rear so the 8mm plate should have reduced that to 2mm. The car now sits nicely and the front is spot on.

The true root cause? Could be the spring kit or it may be that (as some rumour) the drivers side springs on OEM are normally slightly longer and these were not.

Interesting!

I have SLS in the back and also the same issue like you were the driver's side is about 10mm lower than the passenger's

This was the case with the factory springs, and also the new Dobinson's ones I fitted, where the longer one was indeed the driver's side one, which still sits lower now

So, I gather from your analysis that fixing the rear fixed the front? What are your center hub to wheel arch measurements now?
 

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