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Can i get alignment, then install camber kit?

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Old Dec 17, 2006 | 10:47 AM
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Default Can i get alignment, then install camber kit?

i have to get an alignment STAT, been 2 weeks and very paranoid since ive slammed my ride.

However, i have to drop the car off tommrow at around 9am, after the alignment, can i do the rear camber fix? or will changing the rear camber, mess the toe up?
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Old Dec 17, 2006 | 10:51 AM
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Default Re: Can i get alignment, then install camber kit? (YoungKadafi)

general rule is..

change suspension, screw up alignment.

I say install your rear washer kit now.. then get an alignment.
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Old Dec 17, 2006 | 12:33 PM
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Default Re: Can i get alignment, then install camber kit? (bpr0422)

i was an alignment tech at a firestone store for three years....

bpr0422 is exactly right...you change parts at all, and you change some thing else almost always.

alignment should be the last thing to do. if you have to install other parts, get it aligned again.

heres a tip that sometimes works(my friends and i have done this alot). most big chains like Tire Kingdom, or Firestone (or someplace nationally owned), will give you like a 30 day warranty on the alignment, and if you take it back in a week with bad rear toe(after youve intalled your new rear bars to fix the camber), then theyll probly assume they forgot, and fix it for free.

good luck!!
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Old Dec 17, 2006 | 02:51 PM
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fabolous, i will do the camber stuff tonight.....how about tires plus, any kinda warrenty on them?
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Old Dec 17, 2006 | 06:53 PM
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firestone has lifetime alignment

so when i change height/suspension parts i can go back
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Old Dec 18, 2006 | 11:45 AM
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well shoot, i went to tires plus...they didnt correct the rear toe. Just because on that rear wheel i had some locking lugs, didnt even ask me if I had the key. set me back $70
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Old Dec 18, 2006 | 11:54 AM
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Why would they need to take your wheels off to do an alignment???
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Old Dec 18, 2006 | 11:56 AM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by TPB &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Why would they need to take your wheels off to do an alignment???</TD></TR></TABLE>

yeah, why? they shouldnt have to at all.
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Old Dec 18, 2006 | 12:20 PM
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sorry, again im just getting into the whole techy suspension thing now. I guess i have a frozen toe adjustment bolt in the rear. ill work on that crap in the summer, untill then, my rear drivers side toe will be 0.24*, which is .08* out of whack
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