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After putting my 2.5 inch coil lift on myself

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Old 07-20-2011, 11:06 PM
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Default After putting my 2.5 inch coil lift on myself

Do I have to go take it into the shop to get an alignment?

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Old 07-21-2011, 02:00 AM
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i think for a 2.5 lift you dont have too...
i didnt anyway
Old 07-21-2011, 02:01 AM
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An alignment is always good when messing with suspension
Old 07-21-2011, 02:46 AM
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don't need to....I didn't and mine drives fine !
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Originally Posted by TheDirtman
Unless you installed adjustable control arms and adjustable track bars the only thing an alignment shop can "align" is the toe in.
... which isn't affected by a lift. And the steering wheel centering, which needs to be adjusted or the ESP will get cranky. But, easy to do oneself--no need to pay a shop $80 or so to do five minutes worth of work ...


http://project-jk.com/jeep-jk-write-ups/basic-do-it-yourself-jeep-jk-wrangler-front-end-alignment#steering
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^^^what he said x2....
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After doing my 2.5 in lift, I threw it on the rack to see.. with 7000 miles. it was toed-in .60in which is more than a 1/2 in of toe in. would've worn the outside edges of the tires eventually. Now maybe the alignment was off, but I doubt it as it hadn't seen any dirt use at that point in it's life. It has definitely seen dirt now!



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