Factory spec alignment w/ 2"+ drop is POSSIBLE!!
10-04-2004, 06:20 PM
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Factory spec alignment w/ 2"+ drop is POSSIBLE!!
I just didnt buy everybody saying it's not possible to get back within factory alignment specs if your car is lowered more than an inch or so.
A friend of mine knows a guy that does alot of maintenance and setup for track cars and he said he does some bada$$ alignments. So, he set up a group buy after he got his new laser alignment rack; with this alignment rack you don't have to worry about shooting the beam under the front of the car. If you have a body kit, you dont need to be take it off ... even though i could BARELY get on, we had to use quite a bit of lumber and still scraped the side skirts a little, but nothing too serious.
My car with the coilovers as low as they will possibly go, about 2-2.5 inch drop, with the Kinetix camber rods ... the rear was in factory spec. I don't have adjustable A-Arms, so the front camber was still real negative, but I'm not too worried about that right now. I really wasn't worried about the rear camber either, but I just wanted to see if it could be done ... and it can
I wish I had the print out to show everybody (he wasn't able to get the printer working), but I will assure you, everything was "green"
I have to do a little adjusting to the suspension and get some new tires and will take it back for another alignment. Next time I will make sure to get a printout that I can post a picture of.
For anybody in the Houston area, if there is enough interest ... I could probably set up another group buy.
A friend of mine knows a guy that does alot of maintenance and setup for track cars and he said he does some bada$$ alignments. So, he set up a group buy after he got his new laser alignment rack; with this alignment rack you don't have to worry about shooting the beam under the front of the car. If you have a body kit, you dont need to be take it off ... even though i could BARELY get on, we had to use quite a bit of lumber and still scraped the side skirts a little, but nothing too serious.
My car with the coilovers as low as they will possibly go, about 2-2.5 inch drop, with the Kinetix camber rods ... the rear was in factory spec. I don't have adjustable A-Arms, so the front camber was still real negative, but I'm not too worried about that right now. I really wasn't worried about the rear camber either, but I just wanted to see if it could be done ... and it can
I wish I had the print out to show everybody (he wasn't able to get the printer working), but I will assure you, everything was "green"
I have to do a little adjusting to the suspension and get some new tires and will take it back for another alignment. Next time I will make sure to get a printout that I can post a picture of.
For anybody in the Houston area, if there is enough interest ... I could probably set up another group buy.
10-05-2004, 07:55 AM
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So let me get this picture correct. You do NOT have any kind of front camber arms and on the rear all you have are the Kinetix rear camber arms, no rear toe arms or toe bolt cams, correct?
After the alignment, what is your
Front L/R camber:
Front L/R toe:
Rear L/R Camber:
Rear L/R Toe (out or in):
After the alignment, what is your
Front L/R camber:
Front L/R toe:
Rear L/R Camber:
Rear L/R Toe (out or in):
10-05-2004, 09:13 AM
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the L/R #s might be flip flopped, i just jotted them down real quick
F L Camber -1.4
F R Camber -1.5
F L Toe .5
F R Toe .4
R L Camber -2.0
R R Camber -2.0
R L Toe .07
R R Toe .08
F L Camber -1.4
F R Camber -1.5
F L Toe .5
F R Toe .4
R L Camber -2.0
R R Camber -2.0
R L Toe .07
R R Toe .08
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