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Old Oct 12, 2005 | 12:52 AM
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I just lowered my car with DMS springs, Bilstein's HD and a adjustable panhard bar. How does my alignment look? My car is just used as a daily driver. Whats up with the right rear toe? How do I adjust that? Thanks

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Old Oct 13, 2005 | 09:42 AM
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There is some toe in the rear axle, and the toe changes as the vehicle rolls, or if one side is higher/lower than the other side. So this means the following:

Car is nice and level, but LCA's are not equal length.
One side of car was sitting lower than other side which causes the axle to roll steer which would give you the toe results.

Doubble check your rear springs, see if they are installed the same on both sides of the car. The pig tall at the bottom of the spring should be closer to the back axle.
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