Leans to the right over 1" - possible solutions?

Hello again -
As I mentioned in another post, looking at used speedsters.
This car that I'm interested in, looking from the rear - - - or
your driving behind it, actually leans/body to the right over 1". Very apparent to your eye. Nobody in the passenger seat either !
Visually looks like there's 300pds of sandbags in right rear side.
Has anyone else experienced your car leaning? Thanks again

Ride heights are adjustable to within 1/4 inch or so. Somebody did a bad job on that one. Use the search key on the sign-in page. Several articles available. Fronts is easier than rear, but rear can be adjusted left or right side.

if the rear is lowered, the torsions could be put in wrong. i had to fiddle with mine many times when installing my adjustable spring plates.

a little out in the rear makes the whole thing go screwy.

grab a magnetic protractor for the trailing arm angle, setup on a flat garage floor, search on thesamba on lowering the rear (how to) and go at it.

except for broken torsion bars in the front - you cannot adjust it side to side.

my bet is the rear is out of whack.

Forget the protractor - so 1960's and there's a much easier way.

Go to the knowledge section and look for "setting rear end height...."

That'll show you how to easily adjust the rear height side-to-side

BTW: given your other post on the car riding hard, I might look at the rear shocks to see if you have one frozen and not moving. Check the fronts, too - shocks are really cheap for these cars.

FWIW: Yeah, it's fixable- but I'd walk on this, unless it's a screamin' deal. The asking price is an OK deal- for a well sorted car. This one obviously isn't that car. There are other fish in the sea that don't lean.

Yep, what Stan said.
No need to jump on the first one.

~WB

Thanks for all the replies to my questions.

This is the car I ALMOST bought yesterday. Check it out, and tell
me if it sounds good, or not. I respect your opinion:

http://sandiego.craigslist.org/csd/cto/1460318197.html

Thanks guys
Mike Lanska
Simi Valley, Ca

The adjustable spring plates are a good fix if your bars are installed correct.. You will need to check all that out.

You could also have a bad torsion bar on that side, A new pair is what I would advise (IF) you can not adjust it up Best to do it yourself and see what you have. I went through 3 junk cars to find a good matching pair,I wanted mine well broke in. to make the ride softer..

"maintenance free" says the seller

that does look like a really good deal.

seriously - tuning / fixing these cars is the best part. tweaking the suspension will be an easy thing to fix. after all - it's a beetle.