suspension question

i just put 18"s on my gs-t. the car does not pull or shake while driving at any speeds. however i just changed all suspension with koni shocks and eibach sportline springs along with lower rear tie bar and front and rear strut bars. the car still does not pull or shake. i know you are supposed to go and get an allignement after all of this but nothing at all is not right suspension wise. do you guys think i should still go and get an allignment?

I would just to be on the safe side. If nothing else just take it up there and get them to check it.

your caster or camber could be way off and it wouldnt pull or shake. If you want to save your tires and suspension, get it aligned asap

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+1 for alignment needed, or you'll have half a tire tread lol

thanks for the input. i guess ill be going in for that allignment. i dont want to tell a horror story here later.

not a horror story, you'll just burn up a new set of tires in about 3000-5000 miles.

If its off your probably gonna need a camber kit.

to kind of add to all this suspension wise.... are coil overs a good buy? i mean there are lowering springs, but on some cars if you lower too much you got caster and camber problems(which can be remedied through kits). however for the more cheap bastard in mind...couldnt you just use the coilovers to lower as much as possible without these problems?... then if you want to go lower, you can go for all that other fun camber kits.

Expensive coil-over kits can be good, but those e-bay ones are nothing but junk, I wouldn't even think twice about it.

Any time you change a suspension angle(ie lower your car, put off set or oversized tires ect) you will need an alingment if you dont want things to fail prematurly

pr is right, you may not be able to see it by eye, but something won't be lined up like it's supposed to and it will wear out alot faster than normal.

not only will it cause excessive tire wear but it can also compromise suspension pieces and cause poor gas mileage. It's really a no brainer when you think about it

Is it true that a camber kit isnt needed? I heard that you can just use longer bolts and washers to adjust camber up to a cetain degree. I'm droppping my car in spring 2 1/2 inches. Can I just use the bolts and washers?

In the rear, yes. In the front I believe you do need a kit. Camber can be adjusted to some point but when its way off you'll need a kit

There's a way to ghetto-rig anything if you really want to, but I'm not so sure I'd trust just a "bolt and some washers" over an actual kit. Suspension isn't an area that I like to cut corners on. Just my 2 cents.

I totally agree with you, but in all actuality a rear camber kit consiste of bolts washers and a couple funny looking brackets. As long as you use a high grade bolt you should be fine, espically when a kit is $80 http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Ingalls-Adjustable-Rear-Camber-Kit-Eclipse-Talon-35860_W0QQitemZ8036854382QQcategoryZ33581QQrdZ1QQc mdZViewItem

Yeah, I'm just the kind of person that doesn't worry about cost on suspension parts, I like to have peace of mind. I've seen too much "ghetto-rigged" shit go wrong, causing more problems and costing more money than the original real part would have cost.

BTW, does anyone have any suggestions of where to go for an allignment. i dont drive the car everyday so its sitting in the garage. but im afriad of bringing my car somewhere and they scratch a rim or something.

Drive it up to mn and I'll do it for you lol. Any place that you trust would be good. Remember, its not the name on the front of the building that makes it good, its the people inside.

Drive it up to mn and I'll do it for you lol. Any place that you trust would be good. Remember, its not the name on the front of the building that makes it good, its the people inside.

totally agree. on most alignment machines you can swap the metal "nails" for plastic ones.
but to take another turn on this, what about "optomized" springs. because i have seen spring sets that are for specific vehicles to maximize it's springs. if i could afford coilovers i figured ild try them... mostly because i dont want to screw something up with just lowering springs god knows ild have to buy those damn spacers to lift everything back up if i go too low (cuz some of those kits are expensive.

Lowering springs wont really hurt a whole lot as long as you get aftermarket shocks with them, lowering with the stockers leads to early blow outs of the shocks. I want to get some adjustable coil overs but its pretty low on my list right now