Alignment After Suspension Lift

asvinci · March 9, 2011

Will the local chevy dealer align a lifted truck ? And has anybody had any alignment issues with a 6 inch BDS lift with 33x12.50R20 tires ?

gmtech · March 9, 2011

We do them, but it will vary from dealer to dealer. I will say this, I have rarely had one with any kind of lift that I was able to get enough camber out of. Does your kit have Ecentrics on the lower A-arms? Or just relying on the factory uppers?

gmtech4 · March 9, 2011

scott, iwould have taken that name you have if it was avail awhile back lol,( i was gmtech4)

welcome,

what store and country do ya work at ?? adjust your info under your name dam it lol

rookies.....

lol

as for big trucks,i hate them!! lol hate them hate them hate them...

rant off

asvinci · March 10, 2011

Not sure on the Ecentrics on the lower A-arms or the factory uppers. The owner of the 4x4 shop stated that the vehicle should be aligned with the orginal spec's. I keep hearing on other forums that guys have had difficulties aligning there trucks. Some guys even recommended going to a tractor trailer shop because they have the quipment to align with the bigger tires. Like I said, I hope It can be done at the local dealer or my mechanic's shop. Thanks for the input.

gmtech · March 10, 2011

scott, iwould have taken that name you have if it was avail awhile back lol,( i was gmtech4)

welcome,

what store and country do ya work at ?? adjust your info under your name dam it lol

rookies.....

lol

as for big trucks,i hate them!! lol hate them hate them hate them...

rant off

Thanks for the warm welcome lol I fixed it and added my location. Yes, I dispise seeing any non-factory vehicle come in, but our writers will take in anything (and I really mean anything) and we are the only place in town that can align anything with 20''+ wheels...yuck

ChevyTech77 · March 10, 2011

Nothing to worry about doing an alignment on these. Yes, the tech doing it may have a bit of trouble getting it to exact factory preferred specs after the lift but I've never had a problem with either doing them, or getting the alignment "dialed", for driveability or tire wear, on them after they were lifted. Done a bunch of them.

One thing though, the shop doing it will have to have a set of alignment heads that will "see" each other around

the larger tires. I could never get mine at the time to read past a set of tires that were any larger than 33's.

asvinci · March 10, 2011

Thanks for the response, i just want to make sure that my local dealer or shop can get it done. The tires I purchased were expensive and the last thing I need is to have them wear out because of a bad alignment.