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I just replaced the air suspension on my 1994 Legacy Wagon with a standard suspension. The struts are new, everything else came from a junk yard. Now the right front sits about an inch higher than the left front. The guy at the alignment shop says that he checked and found out that it is supposed to be that way, which seems crazy to me. Does anyone know Subaru's specs for the ride height on this car? Do you think my junk yard springs might be mismatched?

Were the suspension setups pulled from the same car?

I've never heard of THAT much difference between the two sides.

The guy at the junk yard said that the rears came from one car and the fronts came from another. To my eye, the LF, LR, and RR look normal. The wheel arch on the RF looks too high to me. If I can't figure it out, I will probably just get 2 new springs for the front. They are not that expensive.

I had a somewhat similar issue with my whitelines, but in the rear. The difference is about 6mm. The front has a difference of 2mm.

It's not very noticable.....but if you are nit-picky you can see the 6mm difference.....the only way to see the 2mm difference is to measure it....and even then you can possible get some error.

I was told by the whiteline tech, that my differences between left & right were normal & within spec. He said OEM factory setups usually have more. According to the Factory manuals, they allow +/- 10 mm from their given measurement.

I wouldn't say it's normal for the right side to be higher....but it may be normal to have some variation between left & right.

BTW....if you are measuring......you measure from the center of the hub of the wheel to the fender lip.

On my lunch break today I got the car back from the alignment shop and drove it around some. It feels fine, and the difference between LF and RF seems to be less than when I first let it down off the jack stands last night. I measured from the center of the wheel to the top of the wheel arch and found a difference of 3/8", which is about 9.5 mm, so I guess I should leave well enough alone. Of course, leaving it alone will drive me crazy.

Well....if you do get different springs.....then you will have to take everything apart again, and have it re-aligned.......so it's up to you.....but yeah....I know what you mean about it drivin ya nuts if you leave it.