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Alright, so I'm waiting for Tein CST coilovers to arrive now. I'm 100% positive that coils will arrive before the new wheels. So, can I:
1. Install coils -> do an alignment -> wait for my new wheels -> put the new wheels on ?
OR
2. Wait for my new wheels -> put the new wheels on -> install coils -> do an alignment ?
Please note that I'm not going for a big drop, something nice and mild.
Well, I'm really leaning towards the 1st option, since I won't be seeing my new wheels for another 1 - 2 months. What do you guys think?
1. Install coils -> do an alignment -> wait for my new wheels -> put the new wheels on ?
OR
2. Wait for my new wheels -> put the new wheels on -> install coils -> do an alignment ?
Please note that I'm not going for a big drop, something nice and mild.
Well, I'm really leaning towards the 1st option, since I won't be seeing my new wheels for another 1 - 2 months. What do you guys think?
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ideally you want to do the wheel alignment with your new shoes. as rominl suggested, just install your coilovers with your new shoes together, then do one wheel alignment later.
edit: my bad, i misread rominl's comments. in any event, rominl's suggestion makes sense.
edit: my bad, i misread rominl's comments. in any event, rominl's suggestion makes sense.
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it has happened to be before already that after putting on new wheels (from stock), alignment was off and work needed. so ideally it's a good idea to do alignment with new wheels
if you install coilovers and then wait a long time before new wheels, maybe good idea to do an alignment first unless you don't care about the wear on your current (stock?) wheels. if you are going to install new wheels soon anyway, it doesn't hurt waiting for new wheels, unless you have another 100 bucks to burn
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personally, I would put coilovers on first, about 1-2 weeks before wheels come in, (or about 500 miles worth of driving), let the springs settle a little, go over different speed bumps and in and out of driveways to settle the suspension, when your wheels arrive, readjust suspension height and during test fit of wheels, you can trim / shave / or roll fenders, then after all the cutting / fitting and adjusting height, then you align..and voila
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