so i had to take my lady Z to fire stone in my town for an alignment. i recently put 20mm H&R bolt on spacers on the rear, and soon
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10-17-2013, 11:16 AM | #1 (permalink) |
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shop tells me i have frame damage!!
so i had to take my lady Z to fire stone in my town for an alignment.
i recently put 20mm H&R bolt on spacers on the rear, and soon after my alignment was a mess. did a lot of research and reading and i came to the conclusion that the alignment could go out of spec if you install spacers but not by this much!!!!! My rear driver side wheel was at -3.7!!! the rear passenger side was off too but not that bad. The dude was telling me that he could only push it out 1 degree since thats how much the bolt allows for. then he goes on and tells me that something wrong with the rear, that i might have frame damage or something is bent. Now this is not my daily driving car. in the past 2 months i might have put 5k miles on it tops. I have not hit any pot holes to bent my frame or anything in the rear! i have not been in an accident, i dont drive the car like fast and furious style, and do not track it. so l left his shop with the rear driver side tire at -2.7. any ideas? any suggestions? my rear tire is shot so i bought new tires and dont want to put them on cause it will just wear the hell out of them... thanks. |
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It is as if you had your car totaled and repaired by the valet, while you were having dinner.
Good luck.
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You need a rear camber kit and toe bolts to get your alignment back in spec. Take a look at SPC or SPL depending on how much you want to spend.
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10-17-2013, 12:55 PM | #12 (permalink) |
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o yea! it was so visible! it was so bad comparing to the other side. the inner wall of the tire is so chewed up, when they jacked it up i saw the surface of the wires showing on the outer edge....
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nope never. had a flat tire once on the same side 10k miles ago and got a new tire. thats about it. when i did get a tire i had it balanced, mounted, and got an alignment to make sure all is good. and everything was good.
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