Does spacers alter your alignment?

AddyDaddy · 02-05-2019, 11:49 AM

I recently put on 15mm on my rears and noticed the car pulls to the right a tad and steering wheel is just barely off center. Was going to get it aligned and wondered if I should wait to get it aligned until after I put 5mm spacers on the front. Anyone know?

Washabi · 02-05-2019, 01:34 PM

The spacers should not effect your alignment, so long as they are installed properly. The geometry of your suspension should remain in-tact as the spacer should only effect the offset of your wheels.

AddyDaddy · 02-05-2019, 02:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Washabi

The spacers should not effect your alignment, so long as they are installed properly. The geometry of your suspension should remain in-tact as the spacer should only effect the offset of your wheels.

Thanks
Maybe it was the way dyno guy kinda had my car not perfectly straight on dyno with straps pulling in front wheels. I mentioned to him there was more of a gap on left right rear from floor than the left when he began doing the runs?

AddyDaddy · 03-02-2019, 01:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Washabi

The spacers should not effect your alignment, so long as they are installed properly. The geometry of your suspension should remain in-tact as the spacer should only effect the offset of your wheels.

Thanks,
Maybe it was when I had it dyno'd they used straps on front wheels and maybe that pulled it out of alignment? Thanks for your response

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