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Old Mar 29, 2002 | 06:05 AM
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Do you need an alignment after lowering? I just finished lowering my car and took it for a ride and everything seems fine.
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Old Mar 29, 2002 | 07:47 AM
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</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by shawn's SS:
<strong>Do you need an alignment after lowering? I just finished lowering my car and took it for a ride and everything seems fine.</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Yes...you will need an alignment. Just because it "seems" ok, doesn't mean that it IS ok. If your Camber is off even a little, it will result in accelerated (and uneven) tire wear over a period of time. You may not see it immediately...but sooner or later you will. Considering the price of tires, it's MUCH cheaper to get it aligned to insure full tire life.

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Old Mar 29, 2002 | 08:18 AM
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Yeah, upon further looking it does LOOK off <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="gr_images/icons/wink.gif" />
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Old Mar 29, 2002 | 11:20 AM
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Asolutely a good idea to have the alignment checked out.
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