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Okay, so I waited 3 days for my Tein SS's to settle before getting an alignment, and it seems my rears have dropped about a 1/4 of an inch.
Will it be okay to raise the back that amount w/o throwing off my settings? Im sure camber would be just fine, just not sure how rear toe is effected by raising or lowering the car?
I just want to raise it to the level it was when I got it aligned, will I be okay???

 
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u should of waited atleast a week or so before getting that alignment for it to reall get settled in...but i doubt it would of affected it that much though

 
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I think waiting anytime to get an alignment is none sense. I know alot of you may disagree, but I believe after you put on springs, shocks, or coilovers, you can go right afterwards and get an algnment and you will be fine. I dont think the amount that they will settle will have that big of effect on the alignment settings. I have always done my alignments after I have done my suspension and have never ran into any problems.

Now I think you will be fine raising it up a 1/4 of an inch without affecting your settings. If you were going to raise it up 2 inches or so, it would cause problems, but not with 1/4 inch.

 
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anyone else? my main concern is would toe be effected?

 
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i did the alignment right after i installed the coilover because the rear wheels was tilting sideways...

 
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anyone else?

 
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my tein SS dropped about an 1/8th inch the week after i installed them, so i re-adjusted them. within the last 5 months they have gone down about a 1/4 inch. I have to re-adjust it soon because the rear is now sitting a hair lower than the front, when initially i had them a bit higher than the front. Tons of people that I know have coilovers encounter similar issues. It's whatever, a few fractions of an inch wont throw off your alignment that much, nothing to be worried about IMO.

 
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I am assuming the rears settled more? The rears will just camber in a bit. Toe kills tires, but that shouldn't change much when the rear drops. Toe kinda changes as you hit pot holes and ****. You can double check with boilermaker though.

SG, it is important to wait to get an alignment. Even have jacking up the car, the rear may take a few drives or hours to fully settle.