Alignment change after lowering a C5?
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Alignment change after lowering a C5?
I'm still a bit new to this as I've owned my Hardtop for all of 15 days.
My question regards using the procedure for lowering the car listed on this site's Tech Tips.
I understand the procedure. I am unclear if it changes alignment settings.
Anyone?
My question regards using the procedure for lowering the car listed on this site's Tech Tips.
I understand the procedure. I am unclear if it changes alignment settings.
Anyone?
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Re: Alignment change after lowering a C5? (JasonFRC)
Please disregard.
I searched the archives and finally found a good answer. It just took a while.
Archives are good!
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I searched the archives and finally found a good answer. It just took a while.
Archives are good!
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Re: Alignment change after lowering a C5? (JasonFRC)
It certainly can, and we do encourage you to get an alignment. It is relatively cheap, and you could save that amount of money by reducing unnecessary wear on your tires over several thousand miles.
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Re: Alignment change after lowering a C5? (C5 StockSwap)
It certainly can, and we do encourage you to get an alignment. It is relatively cheap, and you could save that amount of money by reducing unnecessary wear on your tires over several thousand miles.
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Re: Alignment change after lowering a C5? (1 BAD C5)
You not only want to get an alignment after lowering, most of the C5s that we see need a good 4 wheel alignment regardless of whether they have been lowered or not. In two years, I have only seen two C5s that had acceptable alignment settings for both ride, control and tire wear.
Make sure that when you take it to have it aligned, that the technician is familiar with aligning C5s, knows how to do a 4 wheel alignment (two wheel alignments on a C5 is a waste of time and money) and has balast (weight) to put into the driver seat to simulate you in the car and if you usually travel with someone else in the car put weight in the passenger seat too.
Take it with 1/2 a tank of fuel.
Make sure that when you take it to have it aligned, that the technician is familiar with aligning C5s, knows how to do a 4 wheel alignment (two wheel alignments on a C5 is a waste of time and money) and has balast (weight) to put into the driver seat to simulate you in the car and if you usually travel with someone else in the car put weight in the passenger seat too.
Take it with 1/2 a tank of fuel.
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Re: Alignment change after lowering a C5? (C5stein)
You not only want to get an alignment after lowering, most of the C5s that we see need a good 4 wheel alignment regardless of whether they have been lowered or not. (two wheel alignments on a C5 is a waste of time and money) Take it with 1/2 a tank of fuel.
