I will be installing the Tokico HP hit and Lakewood Traction Bars.
My question is, would it be better to do a wheel alignment before or after the install of the traction bars?

 

if u havnt gotten an alignement yet, just wait. when you change ride height, you change your toe angle, camber angle, and possibly caster and the other angle. when you move them around, things might change. just wait till ur done with ur suspension mods to get ur alignment.

 

I unbolt the bars for my alignment, then put them back on and adjust them after the alignment is done. Otherwise they will affect the alignment. My alignment tech and I tried it with them on and it does mess with the alignment if he has to adjust anything.

 

install all at the same time let the suspension break in for a couple hundred miles then get an aligment.
btw caster does not get changed by chaging suspension. caster on pretty much all civics is permanent unless u do some major modification

 

I met a guy who swapped his upper control arms to change the caster, but that caused some other issues.

 

that is true. what i was thinking of is MacPherson style suspension where the coilover assembly is what determines ur camber and caster. if u increase caster ull have more neg camber on the outside wheel while conering. wish i knew what the specs were on civics.

 

Thanks everyone for the help.