alignment/ ride height question

[adrianfromthecastle]

ive never had my car get an alignment before and my car is dropped pretty low on coils. anyways, i recently changed my rack and pinion, and my alignment is pretty off. my question is, do i need to raise it up before taking it to the shop, or can they do it as is? i know my car is able to be lifted by a garage life with the height is has now. i would like to know cuz i'm lazy and i dont wanna raise it if i dont have to ykno?

[naed240sx]

If you raise it in order to be able to get it on the alignment rack, then get an alignment, then lower it again, there will no point in getting an alignment at all, because the re-lowering will just screw everything up.

bring some 2x4s with you, and make the ramps at the shop longer, so that you can get up without scraping. The shop I go to actually has some for that exact purpose, and it is the only way I can get onto the rack.

[rb20det_pwr]

If you raise it in order to be able to get it on the alignment rack, then get an alignment, then lower it again, there will no point in getting an alignment at all, because the re-lowering will just screw everything up.

bring some 2x4s with you, and make the ramps at the shop longer, so that you can get up without scraping. The shop I go to actually has some for that exact purpose, and it is the only way I can get onto the rack.

hes right, set your suspension how you want it to be before you get it aligned.

[adrianfromthecastle]

hes right, set your suspension how you want it to be before you get it aligned.

oh i see... thanks guys

[sleepyRPS13]

bah it aint that low the car will make it to any alignment rack, just remove the lip before going to the rack.

[kamikazestorm420]

bah it aint that low the car will make it to any alignment rack, just remove the lip before going to the rack.

nooo .. his car is really low .... really low .... i dont know how he drives that low with the streets of socal.

and ya, like others said there would be no point of an alignment if you raise it then lower it again. every single time you mess with suspension components, you should get an alignment.

i thought you would know that adrian

j/k

[adrianfromthecastle]

nooo .. his car is really low .... really low .... i dont know how he drives that low with the streets of socal.

and ya, like others said there would be no point of an alignment if you raise it then lower it again. every single time you mess with suspension components, you should get an alignment.

i thought you would know that adrian

j/k

ehh.. i kinda had an idea... cuz idk if you remember, but last time it rained.. i think it was around april- may, i got in a car accident (a story for another time, got too throttle happy) and i had to change my rack n pinion. since then ive been driving with a crooked steering wheel... that about it, but i was thinking about just taking the wheel off and adjusting it myself once i get my hands on a steering wheel puller... and some time

[sleepyRPS13]

^what a bad idea. get an alignment first, if its still crooked then take it off and adjust it.

i still think its not that low. are you on 205/50 15s ?