Alignment issues
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From: Kaneohe, Hawaii
Alignment issues I have recently upgraded my suspension with the following: Suspension Techniques heavy duty front anti-sway bar, re-valved Bilsteins all around, BMR Lower control arms & adjustable panhard bar and a set of Granatelli lowering springs. The problem lies in that the shop I took the car to get the front end aligned says they cannot bring the car to "factory specs".
My questions are: do I need for the thing to be spot-on factory spec or is there an ideal alignment for a lowered car? Also, am I SOL when it comes to headers in the future?
Thanks!
My questions are: do I need for the thing to be spot-on factory spec or is there an ideal alignment for a lowered car? Also, am I SOL when it comes to headers in the future?
Thanks!
Factory specs?? NO!! 
With that suspension, you want a custom alignment. I don't know what kind of camber you get with those springs, but I would throw out something like -1 degree camber, 0 toe, max caster.
You plan on racing (auto-x, road race)? Or just street pimpin?
If you plan on racing, you might go a little more crazy with the camber, maybe a couple more tenths of a degree negative. But the more negative you go, the more the inside of your tire is going to wear faster than the outside. You can prolong tire life by rotating front to back every ~5,000 miles. Keep them wearing even longer...
If you plan on street pimpin only, then you probably want to maximize tire life, so I would go less than -1 degree on the camber. Maybe like -0.7 or so. If they can get it back up that high.
Hope this helps!
With that suspension, you want a custom alignment. I don't know what kind of camber you get with those springs, but I would throw out something like -1 degree camber, 0 toe, max caster.
You plan on racing (auto-x, road race)? Or just street pimpin?
If you plan on racing, you might go a little more crazy with the camber, maybe a couple more tenths of a degree negative. But the more negative you go, the more the inside of your tire is going to wear faster than the outside. You can prolong tire life by rotating front to back every ~5,000 miles. Keep them wearing even longer...
If you plan on street pimpin only, then you probably want to maximize tire life, so I would go less than -1 degree on the camber. Maybe like -0.7 or so. If they can get it back up that high.
Hope this helps!
This may help as well.
https://ls1tech.com/forums/suspension-brakes/122645-need-some-good-alignment-specs.html
Have fun!
https://ls1tech.com/forums/suspension-brakes/122645-need-some-good-alignment-specs.html
Have fun!
