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Old Oct 28, 2003 | 12:12 PM
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I'm thinking I need to align my car myself. Unfortunately I know its going to suck if I do it myself. The problem is everyone I take it to says they can't do it cause my cars to low. It's got a 2" drop. Does anyone know where I can get my car aligned even with the 2 inch drop? It's a 97 Civic HX if it helps.
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Old Oct 29, 2003 | 05:23 AM
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Anyone? bump bump... it's really bad currently, luckily my tires suck and I don't care too much. I'll be getting new tires soon though af really need to fix this up.
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Old Oct 29, 2003 | 06:34 AM
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I'm pretty slammed and I got an alignment at a regular shop.......

Aslong as everything is adjustable they can align it......getting it on the rack is a diff story, they have to be wiling to work to get it on the rack...

My shop used 2x4's to get my car up and I'm dropped I'd say more than 2.5in.....and they aligned it perfectl y......but I do have front Camber kit, and rear toe/camber kit....got it to my "race" spec....

-1.5 degree camer up front
1/16th Total Toe out front
-1 degree camber rear
0 toe rear

Goodluck!
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Old Oct 29, 2003 | 06:55 AM
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Awesome. So you think the people I took it to so far were just lazy? I guess I'll keep looking. Need to get my adjustable front camber arm still anyway.
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Old Oct 29, 2003 | 07:01 AM
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my car is lower d and sear s did the 2X4 thing and did mine..but cuz it was lower d i didnt qualify for the 3 mos warranty on the alignment..other than that start searching the yellow page s for tire/and alignment shops
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Old Oct 29, 2003 | 07:35 AM
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i got mine done at firestone
they bitches a little but they did it
Oh, and I removed my front bumper so they didnt damage anything getting it up on the ramps...prevention!
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Old Oct 29, 2003 | 07:38 AM
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Most alignment shops will refuse to align your lowered car if your camber is not adjustable.

However, camber isn't really the biggest problem, toe is. Try telling them to just forget the camber spec, and set the toe to zero. That should get rid of most, if not all, erratic tire wear.


Modified by Targa250R at 1:26 PM 10/29/2003
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Old Oct 29, 2003 | 07:39 AM
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yeah I forgot to mentin taking off your front bumper is good, I did that to mine aswell..........and yeah no luck with the warranty my Firestone has 129.00 alignment for life time........which I been told you pay like 20 bucks a visit and your set but not on lower'd cars!!!
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Old Oct 29, 2003 | 08:06 AM
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cool thanks for all the input, I'm gonna go try again tonight without my bumper cover
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Old Oct 29, 2003 | 11:15 AM
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How low is too low that they won't give you the warranty?
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Old Oct 29, 2003 | 12:17 PM
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im at 2" drop or so and I didnt have a problem with them giving me the warranty
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Old Oct 29, 2003 | 12:25 PM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by pdiggitydogg &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">im at 2" drop or so and I didnt have a problem with them giving me the warranty</TD></TR></TABLE>

they prob didn't notice it was lowered...
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Old Oct 29, 2003 | 12:50 PM
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no they did...there was minor bitching
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Old Oct 29, 2003 | 01:00 PM
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Damn , I was told any aftermarket springs or struts void the warranty...stock height or not.....
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