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Old Feb 14, 2019 | 08:57 PM
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Today I had a ford dealer install a set of bilstein 5100, front and rear, around my truck. Front are suppose to be at the 1.75" setting.

I think one of the spring seats is upside down. Just not sure which. what do you think? FWIW i think my truck is leaning to the passenger side. left and right measure about an inch different from ground to top of outside fender. Passenger is shorter than driver. Here are a couple pictures.

First pictures are of driver side.


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Old Feb 14, 2019 | 08:59 PM
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Here are a few pics from the passenger side. which spring seat is upside down?
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Old Feb 14, 2019 | 09:10 PM
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driver side is wrong! id be right back over there.
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Old Feb 14, 2019 | 09:10 PM
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Drivers side spring seat is upside down. Make them fix it...
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Old Feb 14, 2019 | 09:12 PM
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Yup drivers side.
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Old Feb 14, 2019 | 09:14 PM
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I believe the driver side is wrong...

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Old Feb 14, 2019 | 09:25 PM
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Thanks guys. I kinda figured something was up as cockeyed as the truck seemed to be. Just wasnt sure which side was jacked up. I'll definitely be taking it back first thing in the morning.

on another note, this same dealer, while installing the passenger side, managed to jack up the connection for the speed sensor and needs to replace the whole front wheel bearing because of it. i had already planned to go back saturday for the wheel bearing repair since they didnt have the part in stock. so they managed to screw up both sides in the front on the install.

This is my first experience with this dealer. needless to say ive lost confidence. thankfully there are a couple other ford dealers around.
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Old Feb 14, 2019 | 09:29 PM
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Thanks guys. I kinda figured something was up as cockeyed as the truck seemed to be. Just wasnt sure which side was jacked up. I'll definitely be taking it back first thing in the morning.

on another note, this same dealer, while installing the passenger side, managed to jack up the connection for the speed sensor and needs to replace the whole front wheel bearing because of it. i had already planned to go back saturday for the wheel bearing repair since they didnt have the part in stock. so they managed to screw up both sides in the front on the install.

This is my first experience with this dealer. needless to say ive lost confidence. thankfully there are a couple other ford dealers around.
I would like to see the alignment sheet. I'm surprised they didn't notice when one side of the truck measured completely different than the other.
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Old Feb 14, 2019 | 09:36 PM
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I would like to see the alignment sheet. I'm surprised they didn't notice when one side of the truck measured completely different than the other.
Thanks for bringing that up. they said they would do alignment and I didnt even ask about it. I'll defintely ask for a copy of the sheet tomorrow. But i bet they didnt even check it. damn dealer. i'm pissed.
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Old Feb 14, 2019 | 10:53 PM
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Cant believe they gave it back to you like that. Stories like this and others make me never want to get any service done at any dealer.
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