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Well I just took my car to about every tire place I know in Denver. At everyone my car is too low to drive up the ramps onto the alignment machines. I found a place that has a pit to drive into and he said it will be like $ 70 dollars if nothing is whacked out, and if it is whacked out it can be $ 300 dollars or more. I lowered my car about 1 month ago with Koni shocks and Ground Controls and I was wondering if your thought my alignmnet would really whacked out. I also have a SPC Camber Kit so the camber is not a problem. Thanks!

 
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Definitly get the car aligned ASAP.. I didnt align mine and my tires were shot... Anyways Just got new tires and an alignment, it ran $99 to do a 4 wheel job.... I think they had to jack it up and put it on blocks then they got the lift under there some how....

 
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Well do you think it will be really cooky or not?

 
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your tires will where out and your car might pull to one side. I guess the choice is up to you but you should always get an alignment when you lower your car...

 
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it can't be that bad. my align ran a bit above $100.00 Make sure they know about your camber kit and how to adjust it. You would think its common sense but you never know

 
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Yeah I told him about my camber kit, so I hope my settings arent that off.

 
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Yeah, make sure the alignment shop you take it to knows that the 7th gens come with a different front suspension set-up than the 6th gens and prior!!!

I actually had a NTB mechanic try to tell me I had the wrong camber kits for the front and that I needed something with ball joints instead of just the camber bolt. Bottom line, he totally messed up my car and I had to take it to another NTB to fix it. If I remember correctly, my alignment was around $90.

 
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Stock shox w/
ground control coilovers wit a 2.75 drop
SPC Camber kit with approx -0.75 negative

1 year has passed since i dropped my car

no alignment but possibly blown shox
the ride quality is fine
tread life is fine and i drive like a maniac

 
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I just called around myself till I found a place that said they align lowered vehicles. It's the best way in my opinion, because they either will know or not know how to do one.

 
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$60 at Sears. I think your mechanic meant if any front end parts are damaged from hitting a curb...etc. I would probably just take it somehwere else though...lol

 
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i paid 60 at first and now pay 40 cuz i need an alignment probably every other month... and now im out of thread space so i need to take apart a grip of **** and re adjust somehow =D hahaha

btw.. im on air suspension

 
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Well I just took it too the place. They aligned it and it had a negative camber of - 2 3/8 ! At first they didnt know how to adjust the front but I told them the camber kit in front is just bolts. When I was paying they said it aligned really well and it was easy to adjust. The car feels a lot more responsive now, and handles a lot better. The cost came out to 205 dollars. I know that is a lot, but this was the only place that had the alignment machine in a pit...All the other places couldnt get my car onto the machine, and I dont think they knew what they were doing. Thanks for all of your info!

 
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Also after the alignment my suspension feels stiffer?! My Koni's are set on the softest setting but it feels more stiff then when I drove it over there...Is that a problem?

 
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your riding on the flat part of your tire instead of the edge. nice and solid, the way it should be.

 
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An alignment shop here does custom (Non factory) alignments. 36 Front and 46 rear = total $82.

 
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Lol. Thats good to hear

 
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I plan on getting the tein s tech springs which will lower 1.3 in the front and 1.4 in the rear. Would I still need to get a camber kit and align my car as well? I herd since its not really a big drop, I dont have to do anything at all. Im not quite sure tho, cuz i dont wanna mess up my car. Any advice?

 
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so what did you end up with camber wise?

you should get better handling out of a car with negitive camber, most autocrossers I race with run about -2 deg camber on the front.

 
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I believe that they put it back to as close as they could to the stock settings...I forgot to ask though.

 
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I dont think that drop will affect your camber that much. I dont think it is worth buying a camber kit because you probably wont even notice more wear on your tires.

 
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Just had my alignment done again, but they couldn't get the steering wheel centered perfectly using the computers spec. They had to center the steering wheel after alignment. Is this normal?

I just hate driving on a straight road with my steering wheel not centered.

 
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^ me too my steering wheel is not striaght but tires are running fine no running to the side or anything and I installed cabmer kit and B&G coilovers.