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^ Don't post some BS about not needing an alignment.
OP. When you change the height of a car toe, caster, and camber change. Thus you need an alignment whether the tires are wearing funny or not.
OP. When you change the height of a car toe, caster, and camber change. Thus you need an alignment whether the tires are wearing funny or not.
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I think it'll be easily possible.
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After lowering the car it will still drive but the alignment specs will be off which will put extra wear on the tires and shorten their life.
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Find a Quality alignment shop near you!
Giving it time to settle is also a very good idea, you just don't want to put too many miles on the car without an alignment.
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Find a Quality alignment shop near you!
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813.986.9302
Find a Quality alignment shop near you!
Just installed lowering springs a few weeks ago and just got the alignment done today. Nothing was far out of spec before the alignment, however my understanding is that even a minor adjustment can make a material difference on tire wear and handling properties.
Not checking the alignment is up to you. It's silly unless you can verify for yourself everything is fine. I've heard this a million times "it's fine". Then 10k miles later the front tires are done and so on.
Before you started was the alignment known good? You then unbolted things and changed the ride height, which changes the location of pickup points on the suspension vs. the balljoints, you gain negative camber. It lowers the steering rack, but the tie-rod end to knuckle location doesn't change, that toes in the car some. Enough to cause you issues? Maybe, maybe not hugely, but it will change something.
Before you started was the alignment known good? You then unbolted things and changed the ride height, which changes the location of pickup points on the suspension vs. the balljoints, you gain negative camber. It lowers the steering rack, but the tie-rod end to knuckle location doesn't change, that toes in the car some. Enough to cause you issues? Maybe, maybe not hugely, but it will change something.
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Results matter. Talk is cheap. We are miles beyond the success anyone else has had with the 4th gens, and C5, C6, C7 Corvettes,
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13 SCCA Pro Solo Nationals Championships
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An adjustable panhard bar is needed when lowering to adjust the rearend and keep it centered. When a car is lowered the rearend will be pushed off center to a side because of the fixed panhard bar an adjustable one is recommended to fix this.