How much will a half an inch raise/drop mess up my alignment?

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kenversusryu
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The height on all four corners are all different height (due to eyeballing my coilover). After 4 tries.. i just gave up. Time to try again but my question is.... If i raise or lower a corner how much will that change my toe and camber? I plan to raise/lower at the most a half inch and at least a quarter inch so the difference in the front and back is a little less than a half inch. Is there some sort of formula? Thanks in advance.


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Shouldn't make much difference. If anything, having it "even" will help.

Definitely recommend an alignment after the adjustment though.

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BarnDog296
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You can lower your car up to 1.5" and not have to worry about camber, but you will need to have your car re-aligned.

I just had mine done recently for Tein S-Tech springs which are 1.5" drop

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Always get an alignment after messing with ride height.

You don't want to find out the hard way of replacing tires with uneven wear.


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