k, right now i've got a set of 17's with 205/40/17 rubber on them sitting in my room, on the car right now [92 EG HB] there are 14" stealies with 45 or 50 series rubber, in a week i'm having my new H&R lowering springs and shocks installed, i was just wondering, is it really needed to get alignment done once u put the new rims on? or is it ok to just get them balanced and put them on?

I dont really want to do it yet because in like a month or 2 i'm going to put the steelies back on for winter, but i want the rims on NOW! so what should i do?

 

You don't have to align it after putting new wheels on, but you do after lowering it. Your tow will be out and you will wear your tires much faster if you don't.

 

An proper alignment is always a good thing to have. 17" rims require 17" tires, which happen to be quite expensive. Align it. Do it right the first time and be done with it. (Alignments are recommended every 6-12 mos)

 

I dropped my civic and the biggest part other than alignment is fixing the camber, the camber is tilted like this /------\ after the drop so it will were the insides of the tires very fast

 

Actually toe is what wears tires, not really camber.

And you cant get your camber corrected unless you buy a camber kit.

 

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And you cant get your camber corrected unless you buy a camber kit. </TD></TR></TABLE>

That is true and untrue at the same time. Camber CAN wear your tires. You can ask my right rear tire about that one. As for correcting the camber, there is the washer trick. Yes it is ghetto, but it works. And alignments are ALWAYS a good thing.

 

make sure you get the car aligned with you in the car!! A little trick I learned!

 

its not so important if you dont mind having to buy tires before you should really have to. camber DOES wear tires, toe wears tires faster, and a combination of the two ....well you might as well be taking a grinder to them tires.

 

get the alingment it will save you alot of trouble down the road

 

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yep...everything from wheel bearings to brake pad wear can be effected by a misalignment

 

k, but i'm putting my 14's back on in like a month, SOO will the alignment still be fine like 3 months down the road when i put the 17's back on?

 

Have it aligned with the 17's then you can put the stocl\ks back on and it should still be really close to where it has to be.

 

alighment FOR SURE. I regret not getting mines cuz I was cheap and now I got toe issues.

 

Hehe let me ask you this, how much do you like your tires

 

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really?

 

&lt;- learned the hard way, i was cheap and just had to replace my tires, needless to say i recently got an alignment!

 

yea, wen i first lowered my car down to ABOUT 2.5 inches (no wheel gap at all), i had crazy tire wear untill i got an alignment. i got sum new tires and still no camber kit with the same drop and ive been driving for months and not THAT much noticable tire wear.

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