I was discussing coilovers and lowering springs with one of my friends, and he said that adjusting the height of any car, will affect the wheel alignment, and put extra stress on either the outer (raising) or inner (lowering) parts of the tire. Is this true?

 

Not enough stress to worry aboutm but do get an aligment when you adjust your ride height.

 

If you're lowering/raising your car for the first time, you WILL need to get an alignment. Lowering your car will cause a Toe in, wearing the insides of your tires out. I just went through a set of tires on my rear in like a month 1/2 because I could not get my car aligned (the car sat to low). I was told that you should get your car aligned everytime you raise/lower. However, if you're only doing a fractional raise/lower of the car then I see nothing to worry about.

 

Lowering a car will also cause more negative camber, which also makes tire wear uneven. Up to a point it's not such a big deal and making sure to rotate your tires frequently will solve the problem. If you lower the car such that it has more than about 1.5 degrees of negative camber then you will want to consider a camber kit.

 

hey guys

kinda off topic but i just lowered my car with skunk2 coilovers and i have about a finger gap front and back and when i took it to get an alignment the guy told me my car was too low..anyone have this problem?

thanks

sorry to thread jack..

 

Some alignment shops won't work on lowered cars. I'm not sure exactly why, but I would guess it's probably because most alignment shops use a computerized alignment rack and try to get your car to stock specs. That isn't always possible on a lowered car.

 

There are different types of machines they use. When they say "your car is too low" it most likely means:
a) they dont want to risk scraping it to get it on the lift
or
b) they use a laser alignment machine that wont "see" the other side of the car since its too low.

You want to go to a shop that uses the clamp wheelboot looking machine.

 

thanks guys

u guys think sears could do it?

 

Depends on the Sears...Ive taken mine to Sears before and theyve done it, when a different Sears couldnt do my buddies.

 

When I had mine alligned, firestone wouldnt do it since they said they couldnt get it on the lift. I took it to NTB and there was no problem. You should call beforehand and ask if they have any wooden planks that they use to get lowered cars up on the lifts. NTB isnt cheap tho...