alignment ?
alignment ?
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I would...just from experience. My 94 Honda Civic that I had was lowered that much. In about a year, all my tires needed replacement...
any other opinions?
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808wrx,
In order to take advantage of the lower stance you should have it aligned with more of a performance alignment to optimize the handling. But in general when you change most suspension or steering components you should have your vehicle aligned as a rule. Hope this helps.
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Troy Fankell
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In order to take advantage of the lower stance you should have it aligned with more of a performance alignment to optimize the handling. But in general when you change most suspension or steering components you should have your vehicle aligned as a rule. Hope this helps.
Respectfully,
Troy Fankell
Flatirons Subaru
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Ok thanks for all the responses, but i have yet another question. i ended up lowering the car about 2in. w/stock rims and tire, and now the front kinda cambers in just alittle any suggestions. is there any kind of camber kits out their that i could purchase for the front and the rear.
Thanks, 808wrx.
Thanks, 808wrx.
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The stock suspension has camber bolts, which are camber adjustable. This is part of why you need an alignment.
You WANT negative camber, at least some of it, what you don't want is toe in or toe out if you want your tires to last.
Front should be able to be adjusted well, probably like -1.0 or so camber with 0 toe.
You'll need camber bolts for the rear or adjustable suspension arms to remove some of the negative camber there, you want to bring it back to the -0.5 to -.10 range there, again with 0 toe.
The stock setup should have enough adjustability for camber in the front.
You have to remove the stock camber bolts to remove the struts, and I can't imagine being able to lower the car without removing the struts. So you NEED an alignment if you lower the car, unless you know how to put things back within a tenth of a degree of where they were when you started (not bloody likely)
You WANT negative camber, at least some of it, what you don't want is toe in or toe out if you want your tires to last.
Front should be able to be adjusted well, probably like -1.0 or so camber with 0 toe.
You'll need camber bolts for the rear or adjustable suspension arms to remove some of the negative camber there, you want to bring it back to the -0.5 to -.10 range there, again with 0 toe.
The stock setup should have enough adjustability for camber in the front.
You have to remove the stock camber bolts to remove the struts, and I can't imagine being able to lower the car without removing the struts. So you NEED an alignment if you lower the car, unless you know how to put things back within a tenth of a degree of where they were when you started (not bloody likely)
Originally posted by Concillian
So you NEED an alignment if you lower the car, unless you know how to put things back within a tenth of a degree of where they were when you started (not bloody likely)
So you NEED an alignment if you lower the car, unless you know how to put things back within a tenth of a degree of where they were when you started (not bloody likely)
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