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Old 04-06-2002, 07:07 PM
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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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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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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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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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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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</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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