I'm getting close to taking my car in for the 60k maintenance. My question is, should I put my new wheel spacers on before or after the work? Does the addition of the wheel spacers affect the wheel alignment at all?

 

Unless you installed them incorrectly, or have poor quality spacers, you should be fine.

 

yea i dont see how they could affect alignment

 

Well it CAN effect the alignment, but its so minor I wouldn't worry about it at all...

If you can put them on, otherwise don't worry about it...

 

Affect > effect in this case. Grammar **** checking in.

I’m bored. Explain how it will affect the alignment if they are quality spacers(H&R)?

 

Hehe, grammar troll!!!!

Well I suppose a wider track from the spacers may effect (right? ) the angle at which the force is being applied on the suspension Contact me in a quarter, I am taking Statics (Mechanical Engineer) next quarter

 

The extra spindle-center of wheel arm length will put more of a torque on the spindle and will try to add some extra negative camber. However the AFFECT will be negligable.

 

no in this case the word EFFECT is proper.


i affected the cardgame

the cards had a bad effect on me

 

As a follow up, are there any practical disadvantages to leaving the spacers on for the alignment? Such as the dealer freaking out about it for no good reason? I've never brought a "modded" car in for maintenance at a dealership before.

Fast1, enjoy statics. I remember everyone hyping up how hard that class was supposed to be. Once you get into junior and senior level M.E. classes, you'll look back and statics will have seemed like an elective!

 

Thats what I figured, just didn't know how to explain it properly, thank you
LAWL

If they freak out because of a piece of metal then you need to go to another alignment shop

Statics is the first "hard" class of many for me, dynamics should be even funner hehe...

Looking forward to Cal Poly raping me in the future, thats life I guess...Good luck!

 

Looks as if you need to spend more time in ME class(es) and less time here.

 

I think you missed the funny.

Statics is fun but dynamics is even more of a kick in the pants, or so I have heard. As an EE I'm not required to take either.

Also there are shops that will not touch your car if you have spacers on it. The way they see it, if something happens because of the spacers they will get blamed.

 

Jesus, you guys are just s

 

 

It's a damn wheel spacer, shoot them for screwing the alignment up.

 

I don't run the shops.

 

But you still WRT to wheels spacers re: alignment.

 

This is what I was looking for. Good to know.

I don't want to have to shoot anyone, I just want a hassle-free visit

 

Discount won’t touch my car because of my spacers, damn bungholes.

 

Don't see where I docked spacers or said they would actually effect the alignment...

 

Neh I am on Vacation right now lol..besides I am fairly good at time management, although it seems like if I spend a lot of time here, I really just jump on a few minutes at a time during school

Of course next quarter will be very different, I probably will visit the ORG once or twice a week

Yeah, IDK if its just Cal Poly, but apparently I have to take two dynamics courses Which is understandable...

I remember my friend who is a senior (CE) told me that ME is the hardest major at Poly. I was like crap :-(

EE isn't a walk in the park either, good luck!

Thats my general feeling...

Thats why i usually go to people I know, but if that just isn't possible, you have to play game with the retards and just do what they ask, good luck sir!

 

Fast1one: good luck with ME. youre gonna have no social life unless you can juggle it. i couldnt hack the pre-req's so i went into industrial design.

 

Not to mention engineers are quasi-"dime a dozen" and have severe salary ceilings unless you make it into management.

Start thinking about grad school/MBA/law degree

 

I just finished the calculus series, I have finished Chem, finished physics, so basically I am done with the pre-Reqs for the most part... wasn't easy though

Thats why I will probably to the 4+1, which is more like 5+2 to get my masters in ME

 

From what I have heard everywhere I've gone, EE is the more difficult major... maybe that's just at my school.

I finished calc, chem and physics last year and am starting do delve deep into the core classes... this **** is crazy awesome.

 

OT from the subject at hand but are you rolling on Work Euroline DHs or something similar???

 

They are neck and neck, probably does depend on the school...

I'm just about to start the real stuff, I am pretty exited as well

 

yeah Euroline DH's.

 

I aint pole ridin or nothin but....

 

pole ridin?

 

lol OTD.