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Old Apr 6, 2002 | 07:07 PM
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Default Need alignment with suspension mods?

I'm going to be adding several mods to me car but not all at once. I'm doing LCA's, Torque Arm, and Panhard rod. Now, do I need to do an alignment after any of one of these mods?
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Old Apr 7, 2002 | 03:07 PM
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Default Re: Need alignment with suspension mods?

Err no. Our rears are solid axles and thus are not alignable, even if you wanted to!

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Old Apr 7, 2002 | 04:43 PM
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Default Re: Need alignment with suspension mods?

What do you mean you can't do an alignment? I know you have get get an alignment after you get your car lowered or something like that. But I'm wondering about the above mentioned mods. LCA, Torque Arm, Panhard rod.
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Old Apr 7, 2002 | 05:06 PM
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Default Re: Need alignment with suspension mods?

I will second that... the rear can't be relocated (castor/camber) like the front wheels can. If you had an independent rear like a vette of rice, than you would need to get all 4 wheels aligned. On these cars, unless you change something on the front wheels (struts/shocks or steering parts), then you don't need to get them aligned.
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Old Apr 7, 2002 | 05:28 PM
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Ok, I see now. Since all those mods are for the rear of the car the front end alignment won't be affected?
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Old Apr 7, 2002 | 06:22 PM
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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 CAlley2001:
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