i have had my civic for years now and have never got a alignment im jsut wondering what its gonna do for my car if i do finally go get a alignment just FYI the only reason i havenot got a alignment is cuz years ago a shop told me they couldnt do it right without a camber kit well i recentetly got one so thinkin bout getting a alignment

 

Well, if changed your suspension radically, such as dropped the car, swapped control arms, etc, yes, an alignment will help you. Does your car pull one way or the other? Do you have wear on the inside of your tires due to negative camber?

You can get an alignment done without a camber kit...they will only be able to adjust the toe, which, if off, will cause more significant tire wear. If you have only slight negative camber, I wouldn't worry about a camber kit. If you have crazy negative camber (the tops of your tires are tucked in but your bottoms are splayed out), I'd consider it or you'll wear the insides of the tires out.

I just had an alignment done after swapping my rear LCAs and it made a huge difference.

fm

 

thanx for the input it pulls to the right a lil bit and i do have neg camber it doesnt look that bad but only the very inside of my tires were down sometimes i dont even know my tires are bald or showing thread cuz the outsides look good the car was lowered on coilovers pretty low befor but now its lowered on progress spring and tokiko blue 1.5

 

take it in for an alignment. if its not needed they will not charge you. at least most places work that way.

 

thats a big 10 4

 

Discount Tire Centers and some other big name places offer a Lifetime Alignment for a one time fee.

 

o im going to have to look into that for sure cuz im plannning to replace traling arms and LCAs and stuff soooon

 

if you're lowered, the camber will be off, and they cannot adjust it without a camber kit.

That's fine. A little negative camber will not hurt you. However, you still need to have the toe aligned periodically. If you take it to a place and they give you crap about camber, tell them just to zero the toe out.

 

What kind of an ignorant question is this? It's not even technical car stuff anymore it's just common sense. If you align it the wheel sits straight if the wheel sits straight the rubber surface sits straight against the ground, if the rubber sits straight against the ground you get more friction creating more traction..If the rubber sits straight against the ground not only little section of the tire is doing the work thus reducing tire wear..Jesus Christ.

 

"ap1 gearge" THIS M F-ING IDIOT your whole post is talkin about camber wear did i ask about camber wear nooooo i asked about an alignment right keep your neg comments to yourself if you cant just lend a helping hand

 

Definitely look into it, you pay once and you can get the car aligned as many times as you want without ever paying again.

 

Yes and that answer was about alignment, although that statement applies to camber wear..Read your thread title and ask yourself who's the idiot. You failed to realize that was simply implying that alignment makes a difference on how your car will drive.


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