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Pace · 04-08-2016, 08:39 AM

Also appropriately upgrading the lower control arms due to my car being a 2011 (FE3). Do I need an alignment after swapping out the lower control arms (FE4)? Or am I fine.

Thanks!

Pace · 04-08-2016, 08:43 AM

I was doing research for the install details...read somewhere about needing an alignment...but not sure if that was the front swap lower control arms.

justjoshin · 04-08-2016, 09:00 AM

Yes you will need an alignment.

Pace · 04-08-2016, 12:58 PM

Appreciate the advice! You are one of the people that came up in my searches, I did research on!

justjoshin · 04-08-2016, 01:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Pace

Appreciate the advice! You are one of the people that came up in my searches, I did research on!

I spent a lot of time researching on here prior to upgrading my suspension.

Dexman1349 · 04-11-2016, 01:34 PM

One of the major alignment bolts holds the lower control arm in place. You can make the alignment "less necessary" if you mark the inboard eccentric bolt & washer's location before you loosen anything and reset it to the exact location as before.

It will still need an alignment, but by doing this you will end up with the wheels closer to straight and can wait a few days before properly re-aligning it.

04-08-2016, 08:39 AM	#1
Pace Lifestyle = Deathstyle Drives: 11 SIM 2SS/RS Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Long Island, NY Posts: 686	Modding to ZL1 rear sway bar on 2011 Also appropriately upgrading the lower control arms due to my car being a 2011 (FE3). Do I need an alignment after swapping out the lower control arms (FE4)? Or am I fine. Thanks! __________________ 11 2SS/RS

04-08-2016, 08:43 AM	#2
Pace Lifestyle = Deathstyle Drives: 11 SIM 2SS/RS Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Long Island, NY Posts: 686	I was doing research for the install details...read somewhere about needing an alignment...but not sure if that was the front swap lower control arms. __________________ 11 2SS/RS

04-08-2016, 09:00 AM	#3
justjoshin Drives: 2010 SW 1SS L99 Camaro Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Louisiana Posts: 2,085 View My Garage	Yes you will need an alignment. __________________

04-08-2016, 12:58 PM	#4
Pace Lifestyle = Deathstyle Drives: 11 SIM 2SS/RS Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Long Island, NY Posts: 686	Appreciate the advice! You are one of the people that came up in my searches, I did research on! __________________ 11 2SS/RS

04-11-2016, 01:34 PM	#6
Dexman1349 2010 2SS/RS M6 Drives: 2010 2SS/RS M6 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Auckland, NZ Posts: 1,482	One of the major alignment bolts holds the lower control arm in place. You can make the alignment "less necessary" if you mark the inboard eccentric bolt & washer's location before you loosen anything and reset it to the exact location as before. It will still need an alignment, but by doing this you will end up with the wheels closer to straight and can wait a few days before properly re-aligning it. __________________ 2/7/2014: 419 hp, 419 tq Cosmetic: ZL1 front w/mailslot, painted stripes, powdercoated SS rims, tow hook, and full chrome delete Suspension: Pfadt subframe bushings, Pfadt rear UCA bushings, Z28 Upper control arms, Spohn trailing arms with BMR trailing arm & differential bushings, ZL1 Toe Rods and springs, Prothane radius arm inserts & steering rack bushing, Pfadt Sport front sway, FE4 conversion w/ DS rear sway, Pfadt strut brace Drivetrain: RMCR tune, CAI intake, Kooks headers, hi-flo cats & exhaust, VMAX TB, ZL1 fuel pump, LSR Tri-Ax shifter Bumblebee Racecar Build