Brand New Dobinson Suspension lean

I can't tell for certain from the picture but I think your passenger side coil spring is upside down. That would definitely cause the passenger side to be taller.

 

Why do people go to dealerships to install off-road products. I feel bad for you OP. Nothing is more frustrating than having work done and it not being right. But let this be a lesson learned...

Take it back to the dealership. Make them take it off. And then go to reputable shop that specializes in lifts / off-roading.

Dealership mechanics 9/10 times aren’t the best. By any means.

100% believe the dealership will tell you one of these options

-It’s perfectly normal
-It wasn’t our fault , it’s the products
-Any non OEM parts aren’t refundable for the work we did. (even though it was wrong)

 

Mine definitely was not low. I was getting 4 1/8" of lift on the passenger side and 3" on the drivers side. I ended up swapping coilovers from side to side with a 3/8" top plate spacer which got me within 1/4" of level. Since I already had a 1/2" top spacer I installed it and am now totally level or close enough (less than 1/16" difference). Assuming 20" is stock hub to fender, I'm now sitting at 3.5" of lift with 23.5" hub to fender.

 

@yeos They both have GS59-220 stamped on the shock body and do appear to be the same size...still haven't ruled out what you previously mentioned about the stack up missing a washer or something else in the assembly.

@J_Anthony_ So frustrating man. The Toyota dealer that installed this is pretty well known around Seattle for doing a good amount of suspension work but maybe I'm giving them too much credit. The tech did even mention to me it was only his first or second time installing a Dobinson's lift.

I was there for three hours on Friday after I noticed the lean and they had no answers except that they measured my frame and there was a 1mm difference in height off the ground from one side of the truck to the other - could be causing the 1&1/4" lean . They didn't want to spend the time to take the front springs/coils apart and actually make sure the assembly is right. They took a bunch of pictures and sent them to Dobinson's which I've already done and told me they'd order me a 1/4" spacer for the driver's side.

I mentioned they should swap the two sides & see what happens. If they did that and the lean switches to the passenger side, there's obviously something up with that coil/shock assembly - right? They said it wouldn't make a difference if they swapped the assembly, the lean would still be there.

 

From your pictures it looks like the passenger side spring is upside down. This is what the top is supposed to look like:



This is the bottom of the spring and what your passenger side picture looks like to me:

 

Agreed ^^^^^

 

@65skyturbo here are what the bottoms of mine look like.

 

Hmmmmm, not what I was expecting to see. They look correct on the bottom. My Dobinsons 3" springs are milled flat on the top like the OEM Toyota coils so I was expecting to see that on yours as well.

 

Any updates? You figure out what was wrong?