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Old Feb 21, 2009 | 09:18 PM
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Well I just ordered a front suspension kit, and will be putting it on in a week or so. Does anyone know of a "good" alignment shop in Colorado? Preferably Southern Colorado? Thanks.
Old Feb 21, 2009 | 09:29 PM
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honestly, you can probably come real close by yourself. Keep your shims from the upper control arms, and be sure to put them back exactly where they came out. you can measure toe by placing a straight edge on both wheels and measure across front side of tires, and measure rear side of tires. Toe should be aprox 1/8" shorter in front vs back. Your strut rods should measure identical after you put them in. Don't assume by bottoming out the bolts, they will be the same. This should put you in a very reasonable ballpark until you find a good shop. Sorry, I'm not stereotyping, but stay away from BigO and Schwab, those are normally young kids how don't understand older suspensions. Funny story, took mine to BigO, and the kid was battling metric vs standard for 3 hrs. I'll never do that again.
Old Feb 21, 2009 | 09:58 PM
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LOL, "Standard vs Metric" , sounds like nasa and the mars rover. I'll definitely give it a shot myself first, I need to get it at least driveable anyways, I don't have a trailer.
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