I just lowered my car 1.2 inches. I took it into a alignment shop today and they said that they could not align the front because it was too low. Their alignmennt tool would not work. The other alignment shop that can do it properly is closed for the weekend. My question to all of you is; should I drive my car over the weekend or would it be best just to wait until Monday. BTW I just insured it today and also just put new tires on so I am a little anxious to get it on the road. Will my brand new tires suffer from me being too impatient?
Quick question about alighnment after lowering
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Not likely... Unless, your anxiety requires you to make a quicky to Vancouver... have fun!
Your car will probably be fine, unless they really put the front out of alignment. I would wait however, if you really don't need to drive. You may end up with a smashed up NSX if the not ruined tires.
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If all you did was lower the car, the suspension will be a bit wonky, but should not cause a problem if you need to drive it for a few days -- just be aware that it may be a bit squirrely and don't push the car.
For a day or two of driving to cause tire wear problems, the suspension would have to extraordinarily out of sorts or you would have to drive a LOT of miles. Shouldn't be a problem.
Be aware that when you lower the car 1.5" you may have trouble getting the camber back to where it is suposed to be. Most of the time there is enough room to adjust it, but you are near the outer limit. Also be aware that with the change in suspension geometry, even with a proper alignment, you may experience some bump steer. At the amount you have dropped your car, it will probably be more noticable in the rear than in the front, although you may see both.
My .02.
For a day or two of driving to cause tire wear problems, the suspension would have to extraordinarily out of sorts or you would have to drive a LOT of miles. Shouldn't be a problem.
Be aware that when you lower the car 1.5" you may have trouble getting the camber back to where it is suposed to be. Most of the time there is enough room to adjust it, but you are near the outer limit. Also be aware that with the change in suspension geometry, even with a proper alignment, you may experience some bump steer. At the amount you have dropped your car, it will probably be more noticable in the rear than in the front, although you may see both.
My .02.
I lowered my car six months ago with H&R's and got 17/18" wheels about 10 months ago and never aligned the car at either time. Everything seems fine to me... Drive it everyday and have put 2k+ miles on it. Jeez, should I have had it aligned? I really don't know of anybody that I would trust to align it. Seems fine to me, I guess I'll leave it alone.
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Todd Arnold
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Todd Arnold
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Wow! When you drop the car as much as the H&Rs do, your alignment changes a ton. I did it recently and can assure you that your settings are way off unless your new wheel/tire combinations raised the car back up significantly. It impacts camber and toe in a big way. If you leave it, it will wear out a set of tires at a rate that more than offsets the money saved not doing an alignment. Even more importantly, the thing can be pretty hazardous at the limits (or on slick surfaces) if the toe in/out are way off. By all means, find someone with a rack you can get on (a problem when running that low) and get the thing aligned.
[This message has been edited by sjs (edited 21 April 2001).]
That's true. Even if you went to larger wheels that somehow raised the car to it's original height, the springs will have changed the suspension geometry and the wheels don't affect that.
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Yea, right. Sorry, I guess I didn’t think that one through did I? I really must stop doing this from work except during lunch when I can pay more attention.
Speaking of work…
Speaking of work…
Excuse the intrusion into the alignment discussion-
sjs: Good to see another nsx in St. Louis. Seems like we're few and far between here.
sjs: Good to see another nsx in St. Louis. Seems like we're few and far between here.
