Hey,

I just got my KYBs on and I know that I need to have my car alligned. Ill probably do that Monday after I play with the settings. But my question is- what if i decide for now i wantthem on 2/4 and then later on i decide i want them 4/8 or somthing. (just an example) do i have to reallgin everytime i change? Or what if i go to an autox and want them stiff for that day but change them back to normal after? Hows all that work? Allignment is a lot of mulla...

 

No need to get alignment after changing the setting on the kybs. All you are doing is just turning a ****.

 

what's the easiest way yall reach your rear **** to change the settings especially if you're lowered?

mike

 

jack the corner up and lean behind there

 

nope no need for any allignment for that

 

I'm lowered on sprints, and all I do is just reach around the tire, and turn the ****. You don't need to jack the car up to do it

 

After I've changed my suspension, I took it for an alignment, and guys said my car drives straight and doesn't need an alignment. After driving for about 5k more miles, I see that my tires wear out even. Anyone else hasn't done alignment after changing out suspension? I think I'm the only one

 

I'm in this group as well. H&R's+KYB AGX's were put on about a month or so ago. My car drives pretty damn straight still. I thought BrianV was bu!!$hitting me when he told me I might not need one...turns out he was right.

 

First of all, not every shop wanted to take my car an alignment, since they knew this car has diff suspension, lowered and now it had diff specs. So I had to find KYB authorized dealer in Dallas, and they happened to do alignment on lowered cars. But when they told me I don't need one, I found it hard to belive but thought I'd give it a try and so far no probs at all.

 

I didn't align mine either, works just fine. I drove it a while and didn't notice any pull or pushing so i left it alone. Alignment only needs to be done when something is wrong, otherwise you're wasting your money mechanics ofcourse won't tell you that, they want your duckets!

 

If you lower your car and do it correctly, you will still drive straight down the road. But your Toe (in-out) will be off. Thats a fact of the geometry of the suspension, unless of course, it was off to begin with and by lowering it, it came back to specs. (RARE) The toe changes, camber changes slightly, but if your still in spec on both sides, your car drives straight. Thats does not mean you don't need to have the toe set correctly. Get it put on the rack.

 

Jawohl!

 

If you didn't disconnect your tie-rod ends from the knuckles the only thing that should be off is your camber. And it's even possible to get that right during installation - but it would be a stroke of luck.

 

he is right. my car wasn't aligned after i installed my setup. after a few months i noticed my tires were wearing unevenly. i'm still waiting for an alignment.

 

I haven't taken mine in yet since lowering the car and putting new shocks/struts on. It's been almost two weeks. I'm letting the springs settle. But to make sure, I switched the front tires to the back and the backs to the front to keep even wear. But I was on the highway and let go of the wheel and the car stayed straight until I hit a small bump and then it went right. I'm gonna have the alignment checked anyway though.

 

When I switched from Tokicos to AGX's, I also added Ingalls Camber Bolts, since before my tires wore unevenly with the Tokicos (I also have H&R's). I don't really like the Ingalls bolts, but they do work. Most alignment shops will NOT adjust the camber bolts for you, since the factory specs for 4th gens is that only front toe is adjustable.

I just played with the camber bolts until the camber looked right by eyeballing it. Pretty ghetto, but that's all I could do. Then I took it into Firestone for my lifetime alignment (really got my moneys worth on that).