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Alignment after installing new springs?

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did you ever end up getting those stock numbers? Would they be the same on a non PP GT?

this will be the second Mod I do, right after tinting my car.
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Thanks everyone. I have a week to get the alignment specs. I get my tint job next Monday and ordering my silver metallic strip kit tonight. I am getting the same kit as LAVA. Hopefully all done during the Thanksgiving break.
 

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Thanks everyone. I have a week to get the alignment specs. I get my tint job next Monday and ordering my silver metallic strip kit tonight. I am getting the same kit as LAVA. Hopefully all done during the Thanksgiving break.
I hope you can find the specs. If I were starting blind for a street alignment, I would go F: Caster +6 deg, Camber -1/2 deg, Toe In 1/8"
R: Camber -1/2 deg, Toe OUT 1/8"

But that is definitely NOT with any knowledge of this car's stock setup, other than thinking that was the caster angle recently and those camber and toe specs are not going to be too far off. If you are going to drive hard or track it, you will want more negative camber, especially in front, but track camber is best dialed in with a pyrometer and some track time. Toe in in front helps the car track straight and not chase every high-crowned road into the ditch. A little toe out on the rear to counter the effects of engine power pushing the wheels forward.
 

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Camber — (Performance Package Coupe, Track Package Coupe)
L/R: -1.03° ± 0.75°
Cross: 0.0° ± 0.75°

Caster — (Performance Package Coupe, Track Package Coupe)
L/R: 7.21° ± 0.75°
Cross: 0.0° ± 0.75°

Toe — (Performance Package Coupe, Track Package Coupe)
Total: 0.0° ± 0.20°

REAR
Camber — (Performance Package Coupe, Track Package Coupe)
-1.50° ± 0.75°

Toe — (Performance Package Coupe, Track Package Coupe)
L/R: 0.12° ± 0.20°
Total: 0.23° ± 0.20°

Thrust Angle (All Models): 0.0° ± 0.5°
 

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gives a glimmer of hope the GT350 is a '15 model seeing track pack and PP listed side by side in the suspension specs.
 

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Industry leech, before the install the front was 29.5". After the install is was 27.5". The rear was 28.5" and after the springs it is 28". I like the look. It might settle a little more.
So it dropped a full 2" in the front and only 1/2 in in rear?? :shrug:
This is the Prokit right?
 

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That drops the front way more than it says it will. How much camber can be adjusted without having to get camber plates? I'll be interested to see how much can be fixed without adding any more parts, and how much camber these springs give.
 

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A two-inch drop without a real way to fix camber is really a lot. If the new suspension has any significant camber gain designed into it, the static camber is going to be WAY more than -1 degree at 2-inch drop. Knock-kneed is the term I use. We have already seen pictures of this, especially on the rear wheels where the A-arm suspension has more inherent camber gain than does the strut front suspension.

We'll have to see how it plays out, but my gut tells me this may be one of those "bleeding edge" situations that will take a little while to sort out. Once all the necessary pieces are available we should be fine again.
 

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This sounds more like the sportline springs to me, at least up front.
 
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Thank you all for posting information pertaining to the stock spec. I chatted with Brian at Vossen and he said he had no problem aligning his car with the same springs I bought. I will let everyone know Monday my alignment went.
 

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Thank you all for posting information pertaining to the stock spec. I chatted with Brian at Vossen and he said he had no problem aligning his car with the same springs I bought. I will let everyone know Monday my alignment went.
So how did your alignment turn out? Can you post the computer print out?
 
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I will scan Monday and post for you guys.
 
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Alignment Report

Here is the report from my alignment after the lowering as promised.
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