2002-2006 Mini Cooper S (R53)
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Rear End is shifted to the left on my MCS R53

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Old Oct 1, 2017 | 09:47 PM
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Default Rear End is shifted to the left on my MCS R53

I noticed this issue very quickly after lowering my Mini and cambering the rear with spacers. My Rear end is shifted to the left about 3/4 of an Inch.

I just got from a car meet in TN were there was a lot of people with lowered MC's, I asked everyone of them about their rear end and they mostly all said they had the exact same problem (About 4/5). The problems seems to become noticeable when lowering the car. This problem wasn't exclusive to R53's, R52's and R56's are also in the same boat. Some are shifted to the left and some are shifted to the right.

As soon as I got home I started a hunt on the Google for any possible explanations and I came up empty handed.

If anyone has any explanations or solutions, those would be very appreciated.
 
Old Dec 7, 2019 | 04:32 PM
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The car needs an alignment get camber adjustment plates for a proper alignment due to it being lower to the ground it’s going to be out of factory spec causing it to appear leaning one way
 
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