jolt-tsp

I'm thinking I need to align my car myself. Unfortunately I know its going to suck if I do it myself. The problem is everyone I take it to says they can't do it cause my cars to low. It's got a 2" drop. Does anyone know where I can get my car aligned even with the 2 inch drop? It's a 97 Civic HX if it helps.

jolt-tsp

Anyone? bump bump... it's really bad currently, luckily my tires suck and I don't care too much. I'll be getting new tires soon though af really need to fix this up.

SloCivicHMM

I'm pretty slammed and I got an alignment at a regular shop.......

Aslong as everything is adjustable they can align it......getting it on the rack is a diff story, they have to be wiling to work to get it on the rack...

My shop used 2x4's to get my car up and I'm dropped I'd say more than 2.5in.....and they aligned it perfectl y......but I do have front Camber kit, and rear toe/camber kit....got it to my "race" spec....

-1.5 degree camer up front
1/16th Total Toe out front
-1 degree camber rear
0 toe rear

Goodluck!

jolt-tsp

Awesome. So you think the people I took it to so far were just lazy? I guess I'll keep looking. Need to get my adjustable front camber arm still anyway.

deepnite

my car is lower d and sear s did the 2X4 thing and did mine..but cuz it was lower d i didnt qualify for the 3 mos warranty on the alignment..other than that start searching the yellow page s for tire/and alignment shops

pdiggitydogg

i got mine done at firestone
they bitches a little but they did it
Oh, and I removed my front bumper so they didnt damage anything getting it up on the ramps...prevention!

Targa250R

Most alignment shops will refuse to align your lowered car if your camber is not adjustable.

However, camber isn't really the biggest problem, toe is. Try telling them to just forget the camber spec, and set the toe to zero. That should get rid of most, if not all, erratic tire wear.


Modified by Targa250R at 1:26 PM 10/29/2003

SloCivicHMM

yeah I forgot to mentin taking off your front bumper is good, I did that to mine aswell..........and yeah no luck with the warranty my Firestone has 129.00 alignment for life time........which I been told you pay like 20 bucks a visit and your set but not on lower'd cars!!!

jolt-tsp

cool thanks for all the input, I'm gonna go try again tonight without my bumper cover

m0dr0cker

How low is too low that they won't give you the warranty?

pdiggitydogg

im at 2" drop or so and I didnt have a problem with them giving me the warranty

dunkd

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they prob didn't notice it was lowered...

pdiggitydogg

no they did...there was minor bitching

SloCivicHMM

Damn , I was told any aftermarket springs or struts void the warranty...stock height or not.....