Alignment after Lowering
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Joined: 10-14-2005
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From: SoCal
Originally Posted by ng8650
True...I will be rotating my tires every 5,000 in an effort to minimize the wear pattern. These low profile tires are made of a soft compound and I'm guessing that these tires, regardless of drop, don't last as long as regular sized radials. The price we pay for performance and looks.
This is the first set of tires that I've owned that are not only directional but are also marked left tire and right tire. So I can only rotate them front and back, I won't be able to cross rotate them unless they are completely removed from the rim. Interesting...
Ng
This is the first set of tires that I've owned that are not only directional but are also marked left tire and right tire. So I can only rotate them front and back, I won't be able to cross rotate them unless they are completely removed from the rim. Interesting...
Ng
The only way to properly cross-rotate radial tires is to break them down off the rims and mount them on the opposite rims so they spin in the same direction. This can sometimes extend the life of tires with bad camber wear patterns.
Hope it helps,
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Joined: 02-03-2006
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From: So Cal
Originally Posted by SoCalHHR
All radial tires are only supposed to be rotated front/back anyway. Changing sides (reversing their rotational direction), reverses the wear pattern causing them to wear twice as fast.
The only way to properly cross-rotate radial tires is to break them down off the rims and mount them on the opposite rims so they spin in the same direction. This can sometimes extend the life of tires with bad camber wear patterns.
Hope it helps,
The only way to properly cross-rotate radial tires is to break them down off the rims and mount them on the opposite rims so they spin in the same direction. This can sometimes extend the life of tires with bad camber wear patterns.
Hope it helps,
But I've seen plenty of owners manuals, shop manuals, where they show cross rotation and sometimes include the spare. Now this information is coming from the auto-maker
Ng
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From: Launch Coast Calif.
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After alignment, coil over shocks....
Fender Lip rolled.... I will say I'm now at 90 % for the rear suspension..
Just need the rear sway bar now....
Then the next mod......
After alignment, coil over shocks....
Fender Lip rolled.... I will say I'm now at 90 % for the rear suspension..
Just need the rear sway bar now....
Then the next mod......
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Joined: 03-23-2006
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From: Fayetteville, NC
I just got back from getting my HHR aligned. But, the shop didn't give me a print-out of the specs before alignment so I don't know how for off it was. I do know that I could feel it in the steering wheel that it needed to be aligned. I talked to mechanic who did it and he said that a camber adjustment was needed, so it was a good thing I had the adjustment bolts. He also mentioned that the rear is within specs but, to watch the tire wear on the rear tires and recommended eventually installing the shim kits.
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Joined: 02-03-2006
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From: So Cal
Originally Posted by Airborne_Beachbum
I just got back from getting my HHR aligned. But, the shop didn't give me a print-out of the specs before alignment so I don't know how for off it was. I do know that I could feel it in the steering wheel that it needed to be aligned. I talked to mechanic who did it and he said that a camber adjustment was needed, so it was a good thing I had the adjustment bolts. He also mentioned that the rear is within specs but, to watch the tire wear on the rear tires and recommended eventually installing the shim kits.
Ng
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Joined: 12-18-2005
Posts: 76
From: Minnesota
Originally Posted by ng8650
If you install the camber bolts you will throw the camber off specs and it will 99.9% chance need to be adjusted.
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or are these numbers you just pulled out of thin air.
Just
Lets see.... I didn't install camber bolts and my camber was out of spec just curious what the odds were for that?