alignment question

[BLopes07]

i just lowered my front end this past weekend. im around 25 inches all around. i wanted to know what shops would do an alignment on my car, i went to a couple tire shops all over and they said that they will only do it with oem specs. i asked if i get specs from someone who has similar height would that work and they said they would be hesitant to do it even with my own specs. so does anyone know any tuning shops around the pocono east stoudsburg area?? or what i could do.

[lotusgardener]

Your car will never meet manufacturer specs. I always just tell them to get the toe in spec (which they can do) and make it even on both sides. I have the lifetime alignment at Firestone. They're usually good about it, but sometimes you have to yell at them when they say they can't get it even on both sides.

There's a DIY somewhere on how to shift the subframe manually, I usually hand that to them if it's a Firestone I've never been to before.

[shiro1745]

Your car will never meet manufacturer specs. I always just tell them to get the toe in spec (which they can do) and make it even on both sides. I have the lifetime alignment at Firestone. They're usually good about it, but sometimes you have to yell at them when they say they can't get it even on both sides.

There's a DIY somewhere on how to shift the subframe manually, I usually hand that to them if it's a Firestone I've never been to before.


can you post the link with the DIY for sliding the subframe? I looked for something like this and had no luck.

[VMRWheels]

Your car will never meet manufacturer specs. I always just tell them to get the toe in spec (which they can do) and make it even on both sides. I have the lifetime alignment at Firestone. They're usually good about it, but sometimes you have to yell at them when they say they can't get it even on both sides.

There's a DIY somewhere on how to shift the subframe manually, I usually hand that to them if it's a Firestone I've never been to before.

+1, proper toe is going to be one of your first priorities with regards to preventing any excessive or quicker than normal tire wear.

[GA42.0T]

+1, proper toe is going to be one of your first priorities with regards to preventing any excessive or quicker than normal tire wear.

Thanks. Is that what you tell them? "Set the toe in to +1, please."

[fly300kts]

Get adjustable front control arms and you will be fine and it will save you a lot of money in the long run

Phil

[jayphil82]

Thanks. Is that what you tell them? "Set the toe in to +1, please."

Not the Toe to +1... ask them to set the Toe to factory spec and camber as close as they can... For the camber they can do nothing in front (without adjustable control arms)so you will see negative numbers.