I'm in a pickle! My alignment place can't take me in until NEXT Saturday. But this being a 3-day weekend I have a lot of time to install this set of used Espiler springs I got from the classified forum. Otherwise I would need to install them Friday night after 12 hours of work the day before alignment

I drive ~ 30 miles a day during the week for commuting purposes. How badly will the toe be affected once I drop the car? What will tire wear be like for 120-150 miles if I chose to drive during the week while waiting for the alignment? How about safety concerns?

Thanks

 

It shouldn't be too bad. I waited like a week or two after I installed my coilovers to get an alignment and everything was fine.

 

Any other opinions before I go through with it tonight?

 

The tires will go bald and the wheels WILL fall off while driving.










j/k

I waited a week after dropping my car with the espilirs. You want to wait a week or so to allow the springs to settle before alligning anyway. Doing the alignment the same day can be no good either. You should be just fine.

 

i waited about 2 weeks before getting an alignment

 

Perfect, now that S2Ki is back up, lol. I went ahead and already did the fronts. This is the first time doing suspension on an S2K, it's really easy. I did the fronts in an hour, the hardest part was getting it on and off the jackstands LOL.

 

you preload the front suspension?

 

What are you talking about?

I'm done now though, total was ~ 3 hours. 1 hour for the fronts, 2 hours for the rears, had to have a friend come over to step on the calipers for me to get the shock holes to line up with the lower control arm holes.

 

Here's the note from the listing for Eibach springs on Tire Rack's site:

"Please note this installation is very sensitive to bushing "preloading". The suspension components should be tighened after the vehicle's weight is on the tires. Failure to do this will result in a lift."

Got this quote from member "Mother"

 

Yeah, the bushing clocking is absolutely nessecary. Bushings are expensive on this car.

OP: You'll be fine. Spring manufacturers recommend going about 500-1000 miles before doing an alignment when the springs are new. On that basis, you have to figure that tire wear really wont be that bad unless something else is wrong.

If your car was fine before, driving 150 miles will not do anything. I procrastinated for a LONG time before getting my alignment on my KW setup. I noticed no uneven tire wear in the mean time.

Fuggedaboudit. Do it when you can get to it.