SISCAKIDD

I lowered my car on the stock bolts ,turned the fronts all the way then backed off a hair,had i nice gap that i was happy with,cut the shims in the rear so i had a equal gap front to rear,drove it for a 100 or so miles and it settled a bit more,PERFECT.i take it for an alignment and the front gap has been moved up quite a bit,what am i missing,was i not supposed to realign? whats up

SISCAKIDD

anybody have an idea?

Carcass

Going from negative camber to zero on the front wheels will raise the front end a bit,not very much,though.
How much are we talking about?

SISCAKIDD

have not measured the exact amount yet but its a least a 1/4 to a 1/2,

socalman

it's typical after an alignment. What did you mean by cutting rear shims?

SISCAKIDD

So you say its typical,but it looks like a 4x4 again,how are you guys getting that low, mine is not slamed there was a 2 finger gap on all four corners now its about 3 fingers in front,are people just running with the alignment off a bit,are you chewing up tires,is it something you have to live with to have the look,in the rear i cut the lower bushing down 2 sections,i am confused

87SAM

Maybe they had the car in the air and now it has to settle in again. Maybe they saw the bolts and thought it was a problem and put them back to stock position.

SISCAKIDD

thought of both those things already,told my tech before he did the work what i had done,i will double check with him,and i took it for a pretty hard run hoping it would settle,no luck

socalman

I gained a finger on my C4 when I lowered it- ran it for a while without aligning, then decided to. Was not real happy as I was used to the height I had and it easily gained 3/4" rise.

I've got my C5 set where I want it, I will drop it 1/2" more if I decide to align it.

All you can do at this point is cut the front bushing off the lowering bolt, lower it more than you want it, then re-align, which will bring it up prob 1/2". Running the car with it out of camber will eventually wear the inside of the tire sooner than the rest of the tire, but it's great for corners.

First I've heard of someone cutting the rear bushings, although that's what I did the day before I read this. The rear aftermarket lowering bolts are too long and even when fully tightened, was still too low (no spring left), so I maxed out the stock bolts along with cutting 1 section out of both top and bottom bushings.

SISCAKIDD

did not know the fronts had bushings as well,i will check that out tomorrow.