would alignment fix???

[mazdarx7power]

my drivers side tire is wearing on the inside really bad, and my passenger side wears too but not as bad. i never got an alignment when i dropped it myself.. would an alignment fix the tire wear???

 

[eting_pro5]

did you fix the camber when you dropped it?

 

[mazdarx7power]

just took off neccessary bolts to remove springs and put in teins thats all i did. anything i missed???

 

[ssmp5]

Any time you change the geometry of the suspension you should get it realigned. Not only do you need to change our camber but also your toe-in. I went through a set of tires in 4 months and was pretty costly to do so!

 

[eting_pro5]

you need a camber correction kit....when you drop the suspension, you're taking bars that are supposed to be like this ____ and tilting them up like this \ (not that much of an angle, obviously) since the wheel mounts are attached to these your wheels and tires are now riding at an angle...you need hardware to fix the camber and then an alignment

 

[iam7head]

toe in will eat your rubber faster than camber or doing burnout.

if you are not lowered more than 2inch, you are wasting your money for camber kit. I'm assumping that p5 doesnt have a camber adjustment on stock suspension.

everytime you change the shocks/springs you'll need alignment done, 4four wheel alignment.

like when you lowered the car, let the new spring/shock settle, i would say put about 2 week of driving on the new parts so they would settle.
then get an alignment.

btw i just got my alignment done today..cost me 55dollar without those discount fryer..dont forget to ask for a spec sheet for the before and after alignment spec

 

[iam7head]

like i said before, you dont need an alignment kit if your car is not dropped to the floor.

remember, negative camber do help you a bit at the corner, that's another reason for lowering spring in the first place.
and some factory have little bit of neg. camber from factory for the same reason.

just do a wife swap every 5k or so, that's rotating wheels for the neebie

 

[808*MP5]

anyway you put it, it's too late now.....

4 things you should do now are....

1: fix camber
2: alignment
3: new tires
4: mental note for next time

 

[Mike R]

Take it and get it aligned. The toe out that the drop gave it is going to tear the tires up more than the camber being slightly more. Also getting it aligned will let you know how far out the camber is.

 

[RiceWagon25]

When I installed my Tein springs and then got the alignment my camber was barely off at all but the toe-in was HUGE!!! Get it done right away... I waited 3 weeks and destroyed a nice set of Kuhmo 712's.

 

[Rotus]

Ingall's makes camber corrction bolts for the P5. I use them and was able to get the car to stock settings when I took it for alignment. I think that four of them were about $50.

I would also suggest getting the alignment done. I can't believe that you didn't notice that your alignment was off after you did the drop. I could barely drive mine to the alignment place after mine was dropped.