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Old Jun 14, 2008 | 07:07 PM
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Anyone get an alignment with lowering springs? Everywhere I go they say they cannot align the car because it is lowered.

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Old Jun 14, 2008 | 07:32 PM
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yes I had mine aligned, I installed the Ford Racing Springs, Shocks and Struts about 2 months ago and had to take it to SutonHigh Performancefor the alignment, couldnt get the car up the ramps at regular dealership
Old Jun 14, 2008 | 07:42 PM
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Yes it was part of the install of my springs. I would recommend the alignment as I had to adjust the camber afterwards.
Old Jun 14, 2008 | 09:10 PM
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Anyone get an alignment with lowering springs? Everywhere I go they say they cannot align the car because it is lowered.

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Thats BS its there job to correct the problem. Some shops do not have bolts to correct negative camber. When i lowered mine i used bolts and about one month later the driver side bolt started to walk out of it spot. I upgraded to steeda plates and i havent had a problem yet.
Old Jun 15, 2008 | 12:10 PM
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ORIGINAL: bchataroo

Anyone get an alignment with lowering springs? Everywhere I go they say they cannot align the car because it is lowered.

Later

Thats BS its there job to correct the problem. Some shops do not have bolts to correct negative camber. When i lowered mine i used bolts and about one month later the driver side bolt started to walk out of it spot. I upgraded to steeda plates and i havent had a problem yet.
Not to thread jack, but how did you know the bolt was walking out of its spot? I thought this could happen and want to make sure I can check it out. Thanks!
Old Jun 15, 2008 | 12:53 PM
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guess you should put some locktite on it til you can afford/want to spend the money on camber plates
Old Jun 15, 2008 | 05:31 PM
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ORIGINAL: ErcWrestlr

ORIGINAL: Vertigo

ORIGINAL: bchataroo

Anyone get an alignment with lowering springs? Everywhere I go they say they cannot align the car because it is lowered.

Later

Thats BS its there job to correct the problem. Some shops do not have bolts to correct negative camber. When i lowered mine i used bolts and about one month later the driver side bolt started to walk out of it spot. I upgraded to steeda plates and i havent had a problem yet.
Not to thread jack, but how did you know the bolt was walking out of its spot? I thought this could happen and want to make sure I can check it out. Thanks!
Unless you have some beefy cambolts they can walk out over time. I got my bolts from brenspeed sure they worked for a while but one day i walked out to my car and saw my front tire leaning. So i took a peek around make sure i didnt break something. I took it for a drive and it pulled to the right a bit. The steeda plates are only $200 or so and will not walk out on you.
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