Hi everyone: My front driver side is sagging about ¾" compared to the passenger side. I had replaced the struts with OEM units about 4k miles ago, and didn't measure the before/after. I don't know if the car has been this way since I bought it use in January. The car has 188000 miles. I have read a lot about rear sagging springs, which I did replace out of caution with the front struts. Has anyone had a front spring fail? I really don't want to rip the front end apart again and replace the springs.
Occasionally an owner has reported that part of a coil spring broke off due to corrosion. Take a look to see if that is the problem with your car. If it is, it would be a good idea to replace the coil springs on the front. If you don't notice a spring is broken then you might choose to live with the suspension as-is.
Well... You car is 14 years old... And sometimes you can find a fix, but sometimes the wear & tear of all those years with the car heavier on that side due to mostly solo driving is gonna create that slight effect...
So I jacked it up a bit: Both springs are good, no broken parts. I'm going to continue to drive it as is because I usually just puts lots of miles on it and just rebuilt the front strut assemblies (new bumpers, upper/lower isolators, strut bearings, strut - even the little crappy white cushion from Toyota) and then aligned it. For anyone on the fence: I highly recommend doing front springs when you do a high miles strut job. I did the rears out as preventative measure but didn't see anything on the fronts. Now I know
