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Old May 16, 2008 | 07:55 AM
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i need a alignment and how those that works ??

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Old May 16, 2008 | 08:03 AM
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That doesn't make sense unless your wheel is tilted out, you have frame damage or your offsets don't match. Pull the wheels off, swap them from side to side ( temporarily ) or measure them. If the problem changes sides, your wheels are different offsets. If the problem stays on the same side, you've got other problems.
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can i drive it like that ?

is it posibole i lowerd the car wrong ?
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No. The tires have to turn in the proper direction. This would be temporary to see if someone screwed up and didn't get you a matched offset or something is out of wack in the rear. Swap them back when you're done checking.
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I meant if I can drive the car like it is now with the problem
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Yeah. No problem as long as the wheels aren't leaning funny or anything.

Lowering the car wrong wouldn't cause a wheel to hang out like you're talking about.
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Old May 16, 2008 | 09:25 AM
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Originally Posted by BLOWNBLUEZ06
Yeah. No problem as long as the wheels aren't leaning funny or anything.

Lowering the car wrong wouldn't cause a wheel to hang out like you're talking about.

I tell you bro, if its not one thing then it’s the other
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Can you post some pics?
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Something is definitley not right. when you lower a car the wheels tip in. when you raise above stock it will tilt out. how did you lower it? check the wheel that is tipped out and make sure everything is connected. i don't think i would drive it that way.
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I assume that you had the car jacked up to get to the lowering bolts. Have you driven the car at all yet? It might just be that the car needs to settle. Put about 10 miles on it and see what it looks like.
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I used CCW lowering bolt kit
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Originally Posted by WKMCD
I assume that you had the car jacked up to get to the lowering bolts. Have you driven the car at all yet? It might just be that the car needs to settle. Put about 10 miles on it and see what it looks like.
i did drove it fore like 20 miles
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Can you post some pics?
i will try any special reqests ?
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i will try any special reqests ?
Yeah, so we can see what you are talking about.
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PICS, PICS, PICS!!!!!
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You need to get some pics...
If one wheel is sticking out further than the other, somethings wrong.

Is the whole wheel sticking out or just the top?
If one wheel is in the fender, you obviously lowered it more than the other side, right?

Just lowering your rear should not cause, the least lower side to stick out, especially an inch .
What else did you do?
Something isnt adding up......
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Originally Posted by Kamil D.
I just drop my car in the beck with lowering bolts now I notice that driver wheel is in the fender and the passenger is sticking out one inch, what to do? alignment and how those that works ??
Need an alignment after lowering. Now the real challenge is, is the car lowered evenly? Turning the screws or lowering bolts the same number of turns IS NOT proper measuring.

"Evenly" meaning with your weight in the drivers seat the the measurement from the jacking puck holes, to the ground is the same?

Front measurement is just in front of the front jacking puck hole, and
Rear measurement is just behind the rear jacking puck hole

PLUS the different from front to rear should be 3/8" to 4/8" higher in the rear then front.


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