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97GS ATJul-02-02 11:30 PM
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#10537, "alignment for lowered car"


          

a shop(goodyear) tell me I have to get a camber kit(front , rear) in order to do the alignment for Eclipse, and they dont't promise anything. I lowered for about 2.2" and I got the rear camber kit. Is that the truth?

Ken

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RE: alignment for lowered car, mcgyvr, Jul-03-02 01:01 AM, #1
RE: alignment for lowered car, BoostedGS, Jul-03-02 01:25 AM, #2
RE: alignment for lowered car, mcgyvr, Jul-03-02 02:38 AM, #3
RE: alignment for lowered car, 97GS AT, Jul-03-02 05:30 AM, #4
      RE: alignment for lowered car, mcgyvr, Jul-03-02 06:37 AM, #5
RE: alignment for lowered car, 96Eclipsed, Jul-03-02 06:59 AM, #6
      RE: alignment for lowered car, jsupetran, Jul-03-02 07:26 AM, #7
      RE: alignment for lowered car, BoostedGS, Jul-03-02 08:07 AM, #8
           RE: alignment for lowered car, Z87RSMan, Jul-03-02 08:30 AM, #9
                RE: alignment for lowered car, BoostedGS, Jul-03-02 08:57 AM, #10

mcgyvrJul-03-02 01:01 AM
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#10538, "RE: alignment for lowered car"
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Yes this is the truth, they can adj. toe caster etc.. but its kind of pointless if the camber is off. And anything over 1.5" drop will USUALLY require camber kits

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BoostedGSJul-03-02 01:25 AM
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#10539, "RE: alignment for lowered car"
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I was having the same problem. My car is lowered 2" and no place in town can do an alignment because my car is too low to drive over the machine. I even have camber correction kits on the front, and I fixed my camber on the rear by adding washers behind the bolts.

Luckily, some of the guys in my car club (Colorado DSM) have the tools to do it yourself.



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mcgyvrJul-03-02 02:38 AM
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#10540, "RE: alignment for lowered car"
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yes most alignment shops cant do it when your lowered you have to go find one with the special machine for lowered vehicals, it used like gps/satelite or something instead of the laser beam under the car.

Thats how most work is the shoot a laser beam from one tire to the other under the car.

I got around this by holding the black plastic shield up as they aligned it, that is what is blocking the laser, its on the driver side its the black plastic guard thats right below the battery area

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97GS ATJul-03-02 05:30 AM
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#10541, "RE: alignment for lowered car"
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they said they can do lowered car and that was the camber issue matter them.

Ken

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mcgyvrJul-03-02 06:37 AM
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#10542, "RE: alignment for lowered car"
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gotta get the kit then

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96EclipsedJul-03-02 06:59 AM
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#10543, "RE: alignment for lowered car"
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>I was having the same problem. My car is lowered 2" and no
>place in town can do an alignment because my car is too low
>to drive over the machine. I even have camber correction
>kits on the front, and I fixed my camber on the rear by
>adding washers behind the bolts.
>
>Luckily, some of the guys in my car club (Colorado DSM) have
>the tools to do it yourself.

Off topic.

I'm not a fan of red cars, but your's is one of the nicest cars I've seen.. Very clean. I'm envious..



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jsupetranJul-03-02 07:26 AM
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#10544, "RE: alignment for lowered car"
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my cars lowered about 1.5 with a prokit so do you think i could get my car aligned at any shop or do i need to find those special shops?

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BoostedGSJul-03-02 08:07 AM
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#10545, "RE: alignment for lowered car"
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>I'm not a fan of red cars, but your's is one of the nicest
>cars I've seen.. Very clean. I'm envious..

Thanks! It's hard to keep a car in good condition here in Colorado. The city dumps so much sand on the roads in the winter and it really tears up your paint. I just had the front of the car repainted last November, so it's looking pretty clean so far.



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Z87RSManJul-03-02 08:30 AM
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#10546, "RE: alignment for lowered car"
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BoostedGS,

What kind of rims are those? Thumbs up brotha!

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#10547, "RE: alignment for lowered car"
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17" Konig Reigns. Thanks again!


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You're not how much money you have in the bank.
You're not the car you drive.
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01 YZF-R6

  

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