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Got mine installed today. Don't like it at all LOL. Uneven gap distance front/rear. Looks as if I only installed springs in the rear to the untrained eye.
Also need a camber kit as well. This just blows.
any pics of your sedan on a level surface after the swifts?
My shop also told me not to sweat it. And yet, that's what we do anyway.
I noticed your from Long Island as well, where did you go for your alignment? Just got swifts 3 days ago and looking for a good shop that knows how to handle lowered cars around here
I noticed your from Long Island as well, where did you go for your alignment? Just got swifts 3 days ago and looking for a good shop that knows how to handle lowered cars around here
Ah, nope. Observe the screen name, and location under my avatar.
My camber came out same as it was before..yet I still need a camber kit?
What are the specs? Mine are a few posts back. Not happy about it, but not Chicken Little yet, either.
As for fitment... as flush as I'll ever be with these VOSSENS, with reasonable gap front and back. Same gap? - no. That's been discussed ad nauseam. A lot of the perception has to do with the viewing angle and how level the pavement is. Also, if you still have four cases of Sprite in the trunk, time to take them out.
Last edited by Rochester; Jun 9, 2014 at 02:13 PM.
For those who are the northeast or snowy areas and dropped on Swift's, do you find it too low for the snow in the winter? I would love to drop my car but I'm afraid with the snow that it will be too low.
I drove my swift lowered sedan in manitoba, canada. Tons of snow this last year, no real issues. Lots of scraping from ice underneath the car, but didn't have any issues getting stuck. That said, I also had it on winter tires and have an SUV to drive on the really deep snow days.
For some reason my camber came in way worse than everyone else, I had it measured 6 months after install. Still need to find a second opinion, because from what everyone else shows online I am 0.5º off
That's my alignment spec sheet...apparently I had that camber with stock tires???
Anywho, mind the plastidip. I got bored. But you can clearly see the negative camber as all tires are pushed inside the fender but poke on the bottom.
Shrugs.
Seems you and I are in a similar situation, with similar cars. Are you going to get a camber kit for the rear, or front & rear, or just live with it for a while? And now that you've drawn in the tops of the wheels, are you getting spacers or new rims altogether?
Since my duckfeet are now winter rats, I'm strongly considering spacers for the off-season.
Originally Posted by pdpMIATA
Some more shots from different angles.
Both are on completely flat grounds. Just looks really weird IMO =[
It does look weird, dropped on duckfeet without spacers. Maybe 20mm in the rear, and 15mm in the front, and you'll be fine.
BTW, the plastidipped wheels look positively awful, IMO. Sorry.
Last edited by Rochester; Jun 10, 2014 at 01:15 PM.
That's my alignment spec sheet...apparently I had that camber with stock tires???
Anywho, mind the plastidip. I got bored. But you can clearly see the negative camber as all tires are pushed inside the fender but poke on the bottom.
Shrugs.
Your camber wouldn't change until you dropped it (I assume you had your stock tires prior to the drop). At any rate, front specs look pretty good, I would get a rear camber arm/toe bolt kit, luckily that's much cheaper than the front arm. If you have a dremel tool you can DIY the whole thing.
Such a pita for just an inch drop. Sorry for the ranting, just expected something else loll.
And could you elaborate a little more on the spacers? I've always figured spacers would only duplicate what I'm seeing now but just pushed out a bit more.