Just curious, how much did you guys pay for your alignments AFTER you lowered your car. I didn't realize that lowered cars cost more until I got a quote from a local shop: 120 Dollars! What did you guys pay?

 

That's BS. After I got some camber bolts for my Civic, I got it aligned for $50.

 

So without camber bolts, its gonna be more expensive or should it still cost around that much? I would think if I did get camber bolts, it would be cheaper right?

 

you only need the front done so that guy is ripping you off real good. with or without camber bolts it should be the same

 

Sorry for my ignorance, but would you recommend getting camber bolts first, or just get it aligned for now and get the bolts later? Mind you I do plan on doing a few autoX's if that helps...Thanks for you guys' fast responses

 

you will be fine without them.

good thing you asked though cause that is crazy marked up.

the only thing i can say to watch out when you take it in and make sure you can see what they are doing cause when i tried to do mine at the dealer the hit my front lip and gashed it.

 

Oooh that sucks. Yeah I am weary about taking it to shops because of stuff like that. But thanks man. I'll try to talk him down to 50 or so. Maybe he thought I needed all four done? I dunno

 

only the front toe is adjustable on this car in stock form. get a 2 wheel alignment for like $50 if you want.

i just took my car to the dealer and got the 4 wheel alignment cause i wanted the
readings for the rear. $99+ tax.

 

Will the dealer still align if its lowered?

 

odd, i paid $45 for my front-wheel alignment. i got a 4 wheel read out when it was all said and done.

i was expecting to pay an upwards of $60 so i tipped the guy that worked on my car before leaving.

 

i thought you couldnt have an alignment on the rear?

 

please re-read my post carefullier.

 

more carefully? ;] good stuff to know what prices im lookin at.

 

nono, you mean more carefullier.

 

Can anyone recommend some front wheel alignment specs for my 13 Fit Sport that I can relay to my shop? I want a more aggressive setting than stock to go with the Koni/Eibach shocks and springs and Progress 19mm rear sway bar I have coming in. I do a lot of canyon driving and have been chewing up the outside of my front tires very quickly on my stock set up.
Thanks!

 

if you want your tires to last always get a 4 wheel alignment, even
if you can't adjust the rear (Which you can but only a real shop can
do it and it won't be 50 bucks..) You want the rear and front in thrust alignment.

Use the factory specs for your alignment, just because your running more
aggressive springs and struts does not necessarily mean you need or want a
more "aggressive" setting on the street. For a couple hundred bucks you can buy your
own tools that will be sufficient to properly align your car if you want,
its not rocket science.. Track alignment will make your car eat tires on the street usually.

 

@dwtaylorpdx- thanks for the quick reply, but I asked the original question because with the current stock alignment specs and suspension I am going through tires far too quickly. The outside shoulders are being chewed and chunked to bits far before the tread begins to wear down. Therefore I am looking for an alignment spec recommendation that will put more of a contact patch down to the ground when driving canyons. I am not so much concerned with driving flats and straights as I am in the turns.

 

Hmm. so did you get a 2 wheel alignment last time or a 4 wheel thrust alignment?

In my town there is a tire shop that caters to the Rally and Road race crowd, Only shop I let do alignments any more. The dealer and generic shops just get them "in spec" and call it good. One thing your stiffer suspension does is push the tire harder, so the toe and camber spec may need actually softened up a bit..

http://www.spcalignment.com/faq?kbartid=94386 is interesting....

 

A really good shop can actually bend the rear axle beam hydraulically. You don't do it a lot but sometimes its the only way besides a custom rear beam.

 

@dwtaylorpdx- thanks for the recommendations but I'm really just looking for some basic information of what caster and camber angles to have my alignment set up for, keeping in mind I do mostly canyon driving.