Steeda progressive lowering springs can't be aligned

[racingmason]

3 weeks ago I installed the Steeda progressive lowering springs. I put at 200 miles on the car to let them settle in and took it to the dealership for an alignment. The left side was marginally off on camber but the right front camber is at -3.7 degrees. I've installed many lowering springs before and these were a breeze with no issues and the springs are sitting in the perches / seats correctly. The dealer said they can't align the right side of the car even with camber bolts. Does anyone have any ideas on what is causing this? They disassembled and reassembled the strut and got the same measurement.

UPDATE: Just ordered the Steeda caster/camber kit.

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[SteedaTech]

3 weeks ago I installed the Steeda progressive lowering springs. I put at 200 miles on the car to let them settle in and took it to the dealership for an alignment. The left side was marginally off on camber but the right front camber is at -3.7 degrees. I've installed many lowering springs before and these were a breeze with no issues and the springs are sitting in the perches / seats correctly. The dealer said they can't align the right side of the car even with camber bolts. Does anyone have any ideas on what is causing this? They disassembled and reassembled the strut and got the same measurement.

Hi, pm your contact info and we will get the root cause.

With the Steeda progressive springs you should end up with approx 1.2 to 1.7 neg camber which is fine.

Steeda Tech

 

[racingmason]

Hi, pm your contact info and we will get the root cause.

With the Steeda progressive springs you should end up with approx 1.2 to 1.7 neg camber which is fine.

Steeda Tech

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[JKL1031]

no way,,their equipment is off. Also they should try rotating the upper strut mount.

 

[racingmason]

no way,,their equipment is off. Also they should try rotating the upper strut mount.

I figured I would take it off, rotate it 90 degrees and see another Ford dealer.

 

[TNcoupe]

Im not even sure you can get -3.7 deg in the front of this car without cutting some stuff out of the front.

 

[racingmason]

Im not even sure you can get -3.7 deg in the front of this car without cutting some stuff out of the front.

Steeda has been awesome about this and I'm going to another dealer to get an alignment. I cant thank Steeda enough for the support and technical knowledge they gave me regarding this. After talking to Steeda on the phone we are sure it was incompetence or uncalibrated equipment. I did call the dealer back and asked the shop manager the last time his alignment equipment was calibrated and he couldn't tell me. I figured a fairly large dealer who I've spent over $100k at within the last year would be more accommodating, but they are called stealerships for a reason.

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