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Old Feb 1, 2001 | 02:43 PM
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The problem is the last time I checked, most places won't do alignments on lowered cars. How about the dealership? My car would often sway to the right a bit, and even more when I floor the gas. This swaying to the right is driving me crazy! Any ideas?
Old Feb 1, 2001 | 02:53 PM
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Firestone did mine...

and my car is lowered. But they could only adjust the front and rear toe. But fortunately those were the only specs out on mine. Too much toe out in the front and rear. They said if I supplied the camber bolts(ie.. Ingles), they could adjust the camber(within the limits of the camber bolts that is)
Old Feb 1, 2001 | 03:07 PM
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Unfortunately I've gone to NTB.. n/m

Originally posted by Cumalot
The problem is the last time I checked, most places won't do alignments on lowered cars. How about the dealership? My car would often sway to the right a bit, and even more when I floor the gas. This swaying to the right is driving me crazy! Any ideas?
Old Feb 1, 2001 | 07:34 PM
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My dealership did mine -- infact they even did the install of the lowering springs. They chareged $85 for the aligment, a little expensive but it dosen't matter to me if the job is done right. You could also try a good frame/alignment shop.
Old Feb 1, 2001 | 08:48 PM
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yo

when i lowered my car 3in the toe was easy to adjust but when i went that low the camber was off -4 deg. then i bought the stillen camber plates that fixed the problem and i did the alignment myself and alignment came out perfect.
Old Feb 1, 2001 | 09:03 PM
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Most shops will align lowered Maximas. On 4th gens, the only thing adjustable at all is the front toe. If your lowering caused camber/caster changes front or rear, they can't be adjusted no matter what. For camber, camber bolts will give you +/- 1 degree of adjustment. But that's about it.

I got the lifetime wheel alignment at Firestone ($120). So far in the past year since I've lowered my car, I've been back for two alignments already. Make sure you goto a Firestone which uses an alignment rack with the lasers to line up your car.


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