HotSawce

So here's the deal. My car was hit on the right side pretty hard. As a result, it caused the alignment to go way out whack, in the rear at least.

When I last checked my rear was Left: -.1 Camber (almost looks positive now), .8 Toe and Right: -3.4 Camber, -.2 Toe. In other words, they're all way off to the point where a normal alignment won't be able to get the car into spec. After having a shop take a quick look at the suspension, he could tell that some things definitely weren't right and suggested me to a shop that specializes in suspension to essentially fix everything from scratch which will most likely cost a small fortune.

That said, I plan to lower my car on eibach springs. What's interesting is that while this will only make the negative camber on the right side worse, it might actually help correct the left side camber. Not quite sure what'll happen with the toe, but like how with my camber one is too negative and one too positive, I think something similar might happen. But because I'm tight on cash r.n, I'm wondering if the better move is to throw on the arms, as well as the toe bolts, and see if I can get the car into spec that way, instead of going the far more expensive route of replacing/bending/fixing what's wrong at a suspension shop.

What do you guys think?

JSolo

iTrader: (14)

I'd be more concerned about frame damage than lowering the car. Get it to a proper body shop with the correct equipment to make sure the body is in spec or can be corrected to be in spec.

Don't you have full coverage on the car?

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HotSawce

Bought the car rebuilt. At the end of the day, what's most important is the alignment right? So if the camber arms and toe bolts can do that, why not go that route?

JSolo

iTrader: (14)

Not if the car's structural integrity has been compromised.

blnewt

iTrader: (13)

Jsolo is on point (as always, lol) you may have something as simple as a bent OEM camber arm or other suspension part, or something much more concerning. You might get your car safely lifted and examine as much as you can, comparing suspension components on the correct side vs. what is showing up way out of spec.

Measure any parts you see in question vs. undamaged opposing part, might see something obvious.

And getting a professional involved w/ something as important as you & your families safety (along w/ fellow drivers) should be part of the plan prior to just buying new parts and hoping the problem will be corrected.
G/L

Bravo at

Jsolo and Blnewt are giving sound advice. I'm in for pics of the right side of your car...But you have to make sure the frame/chassis is at least square. To your questions "So if the camber arms and toe bolts can do that, why not go that route? " One answer is because you're HotSawce and not HotMess.

Ca428

If the car was rebuilt, the question is, was it rebuilt correctly? And if this was the second hit in the car's life, well...OUCH!! The car may NEVER be right again.

Surfnazi

Pray you don't have a bent subframe or tears