I am going to be ordering some 15" wheels for my EF sedan soon. I also want to lower it and was looking into getting some Gold-Line springs. I don't know very much about suspension so if I just throw on the new wheels and put on the springs with no other suspension mods am I going to run into like uneven tire wear or any other problems? I'm on a tight budget so whats the bear minimum to have a car lowered on some aftermarket wheels?

Thanks!

 

Any time the ride height is changed, the car will need to get aligned, or you will wear your tires from the toe being off.

 

i can get a basic alignment done at like pep boys right?

is that all that needs to be done?

 

I'm not sure, you'd have to call them. You need a 4 wheel alignment to set the toe. Toe is what will wear your tires, not camber.

 

But it will be safe to drop my car with the rest of my suspension being stock?

 

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It depends on how much you lower your vehicle. If you lower 1.5" or less, your camber shouldn't be too far out. Anything more and I highly recommend a camber kit. Also, how many miles are on your car? If you lower it too much on your factory shocks, they will die on you. Hope this helps.

 

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I'm not sure what you mean; but I take it you want to replace the springs and nothing else. You need to have shocks that can handle whatever springrate you go with. Stock probably won't cut it, and if there's a lot of miles on them, they're most likely junk anyway.

As long as the car isn't dumped on coilovers, you most likely will be able to get away with no camber kit; but you absolutely must get an alignment. Make sure when you do, you get a printout of the settings before and after the car is aligned from the shop.