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I am lowering my car tomorrow with gf210 tanabe springs it going to lower 1inch front and 1.2 rear, I wondering how soon will I have to get a alighnment because right now I waiting for the rear camber arms and don't want to get two alighnment. One after the lowering and two after the rear camber arms. I won't have them until April 12th but will only be driving my car a total of 7 days or so. Will it be bad for the car? and what are some consiquences I could face by doing this?
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As long as nothing gets messed up during the install it should just affect the camber. This will cause increased tire wear on the inside of the tires. I would not think that driving for 7 days could really cause that much wear on the tires.
Some springs also seem to "Settle In" for a few days after the install, so getting an alignment right away might not keep the car in spec if it does settle any.
Some springs also seem to "Settle In" for a few days after the install, so getting an alignment right away might not keep the car in spec if it does settle any.
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I just installed the GF210s this past Friday. I'm going to wait a week or two then get it aligned. I'm still on my winter wheels so a little camber wear is just fine with me. Your not hurting anything but the inside of your tires.
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Originally Posted by Duqx
As long as nothing gets messed up during the install it should just affect the camber. This will cause increased tire wear on the inside of the tires. I would not think that driving for 7 days could really cause that much wear on the tires.
Some springs also seem to "Settle In" for a few days after the install, so getting an alignment right away might not keep the car in spec if it does settle any.
Some springs also seem to "Settle In" for a few days after the install, so getting an alignment right away might not keep the car in spec if it does settle any.
camber and toe go hand in hand...you can't affect one without the other
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im waiting a full month. For some reason, if i park on a slope, the coils will uncoil a little bit in the front since thers less load on them?? Im not sure why but it goes higher and then it lowers again. Its weird. Once i had it jacked up and it raised about 1/2 an inch once i lowered it again!
Im going to get an alignment done, but I dont want to have to do it twice when I get the camber rods and A arms.
Is this a sign of bad alignment: Roaring when slowing down at around 20-30 mph?
Im going to get an alignment done, but I dont want to have to do it twice when I get the camber rods and A arms.
Is this a sign of bad alignment: Roaring when slowing down at around 20-30 mph?
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im waiting a full month. For some reason, if i park on a slope, the coils will uncoil a little bit in the front since thers less load on them?? Im not sure why but it goes higher and then it lowers again. Its weird. Once i had it jacked up and it raised about 1/2 an inch once i lowered it again!
Im going to get an alignment done, but I dont want to have to do it twice when I get the camber rods and A arms.
Is this a sign of bad alignment: Roaring when slowing down at around 20-30 mph?
Im going to get an alignment done, but I dont want to have to do it twice when I get the camber rods and A arms.
Is this a sign of bad alignment: Roaring when slowing down at around 20-30 mph?
As for your noise, that is a sign of bad tires (or just generally noisy tires,which some are), not necessarily a bad alignment
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Originally Posted by plumpzz
im waiting a full month. For some reason, if i park on a slope, the coils will uncoil a little bit in the front since thers less load on them?? Im not sure why but it goes higher and then it lowers again. Its weird. Once i had it jacked up and it raised about 1/2 an inch once i lowered it again!
Im going to get an alignment done, but I dont want to have to do it twice when I get the camber rods and A arms.
Is this a sign of bad alignment: Roaring when slowing down at around 20-30 mph?
Im going to get an alignment done, but I dont want to have to do it twice when I get the camber rods and A arms.
Is this a sign of bad alignment: Roaring when slowing down at around 20-30 mph?
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You should get it done quick. Tires are costly.
Dont you have a place that gives a warranty on alignment?
Thats what I had done with my last car. Lowered it -Alignment for $79 with 2 yr warranty.
This way when I got the arms I did an alignment again for free and 2 yrs later when i put the OEM parts back in...... AGAIN free alignment
If you dont want to do 2 alignment because of wasting time then this might not be a good idea for you but if its paying for it 2 times then this might be a better way with minimum unwanted tire wear.
But a few hundred miles with a alignment prob shouldnt mess the tires up too too bad i would think
Dont you have a place that gives a warranty on alignment?
Thats what I had done with my last car. Lowered it -Alignment for $79 with 2 yr warranty.
This way when I got the arms I did an alignment again for free and 2 yrs later when i put the OEM parts back in...... AGAIN free alignment
If you dont want to do 2 alignment because of wasting time then this might not be a good idea for you but if its paying for it 2 times then this might be a better way with minimum unwanted tire wear.
But a few hundred miles with a alignment prob shouldnt mess the tires up too too bad i would think
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