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Old 03-20-2008, 08:53 AM
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Alignment Shops?

Can some of you Las Vegas folks perhaps recommend an alignment shop? I'm having a set of H&R springs installed at AMVIV and I'm going to want to get it aligned before driving home.

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OK .... Unless you have adjustable camber plates, I do not see how the alignment can change with a spring replacement (lower/higher ride height will change camber I know). Please correct me if I am wrong!! I see toe in and toe out adjustment on the front, no caster, and camber is fixed unless you have adjustable plates. I've heard -2 camber front and -1.5 rear, 0 toe in/out is optimum.
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It can as the car is lowered which will affect the whole suspension system. Alta recommends a wheel alignment after installing replacement springs. They can get it close to where it should be when the springs are swapped out but I'd rather spend a little bit to make sure the alignment is correct then have to do it later and get a new set of tires.
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