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diablostang

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I'll be putting Maximum Motorsports C/C plates on my car soon (along with shocks/struts & lowering springs) Obviously the alignment will be off when I get done with the install... Should I be able to align it myself, if I have the MM camber gauge?

http://www.maximummotorsports.com/mmcamberg.asp

Help the suspension n00b!
 

diablostang

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Anyone?
 

fords2fast4u

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um.... no

lol

sorry bro, but nothing beats a shop with a computer system to align the suspension. Should be around 70 bucks or maybe a little more.

the steeda plates on my car now dont have enough room to align right, and since i dont drive it but a few times a year, it's not that big of a problem... but a few thousand miles on those expensive front tires will show wear and i will be going to the MM plates when i drive it more again...

good luck
 

95cobraguy

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i would definetly have it aligned professionally and save your money on that camber gauge.
 

VibrantRedGT

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Get it done correctly. Eye ball it now then get on a rack.
 

HISSIN50

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You can get a pretty good alignment at home, but you need to spend a few bucks at the home store and spend A LOT of time doing the actual alignment.

Shaun in here has done his own alignments, as I recall. Not long ago I posted a fairly long (albeit it very crude) post outlining the basic details.

If you want to get it done quick and be reasonabley sure it is right, Joe, et al, are correct. It can be tough to find a shop that will play nice with the CC plates though (call around a lot, IMHO). For instance, I dont know about you guys, but I wont let anyone drive my car period. If they insist on a test drive, I keep lookin.

And to answer your question, if you change the camber (you probably have a good bit of neg camber right now, which is why you want CC plates), when you dial that neg camber toward neutral, it will probably change the toe setting. I dont sweat camber dial-in too much (and caster - well you go for about all you can), but toe can be tedius to do yourself.

Good luck.
 
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