ecliptics

hey so after i lowered my car i know im suppose to get a good alignment or whatever but just wondering what if my car felt good still? my alignment and all still feels straight n good.

do i have to get an alignment? i just installed the teinss and its pretty low

ifirahse

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Yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes

erick3

most definitely! you're tires will go bald in no time.
just a heads up: if you're near a bridgestone/firestone - they do lifetime warranties for roughly $125? best bang for the buck...

flip_side

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^eh from what i've heard the techs at firestone always keep it oem

and yes you need an alignment, whenever a car is lowered the geometry changes and everything goes out of wack, thus the need for an alignment

princelybug

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Not if you talk to them. I build relationships to EVERY place I go, including Firestone. I tell them what I want, and I'm knowledgeable about alignments. I tell them how much toe I want, and sometimes I'll bring in past alignment specs. Of course it'll be a bit different each time, due to wear of tire tread. But, if you sound like you know what you're talking about, and you are respectful to them, they'll hook you up right. I can even stand next to the tech inside the bay and talk to him while he does my alignment. Firestone is absolutely great to me, for the most part. I am dropped 1.75" all around, and I don't have a camber kit, and my tires are evenly worn, all the way around. It costs $169 for the lifetime alignment at Firestone, BTW.

To answer the OP's question, ifirahse said it: YES. Otherwise you'll go through tires WAY too fast, as erick3 said.

01tl4tl

doesnt matter how it feels to you- the toe is going to be off and the negative camber pushed past its limit
thats what freaks out shops- past the book limit of 1 degree neg camber,, and they want to install a camber kit
I can verify that neg up to 1.5 degree has no ill effect on tire wear
Set the toe and let it go!!

If there is vast diferance in camber reading- you have one corner/ side higher
Measure the distance from hub center to fender lip edge- adjust shocks as needed to level side to side- then go for alignment


make sure you are within Teins safe operating range per the book that came with them-
too low will blow its seals early

Trew

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This not the place you want to cut corners, bro. You spent all that money on making it look nice, now do the right thing to make it properly functional!

No question on the alignment. Definitely get it done. I agree with everything that was said thus far.

01tl4tl

but hey- quality tires are cheap right?
and poor handling was the objective of lowering it!!