What is a good way of getting the max life out of your lift kit install,

Do you recomend getting a Alignment after lift kit install?

Whats will a shop do to allign it?

Do they allign front and rear?

 

Get an alignment. Any shop will do it usually.

 

Yes, get an alignment.

They should check caster, camber, toe, etc.

There should be a bunch of crap they check, and probably give you a piece of paper with all the read outs and specs.

 

yepp usually about 40 bucks, itll save you alot of money in the long run

 

Will a lift always throw off the alignment? I had an alignment done a few months before my lift and it still drives straight down the road.

 

t may drive straight but that doesnt always mean its aligned properly, caster camber etc could be thrown off enough to cause tire wear and ruin a good set of tires at the least

 

what other mods should you do in the front end?

 

there is no need to align the rear on our trucks.

 

It is however good to have it checked. Issue is if it is off that rear axle is normally ****ed.

 

Ok guys. Hopefully I finish the lift by the weekend and then it's off to the shop to get a alignment

 

A lot of shops charge more for 4x4's and lifted vehicles. The shop I'm at charges $70-80 to align a lifted rig. Can be more involved.

 

Hmm ive never heard of shops doin that, my shop does anything for $40. Either way no matter how much it costs its always well worth it.

 

I just went to Sears Auto and got an alignment done. Its all computerized and it cost me $80. I got a printout of the before and after and it has some kind of warranty for the alignment. I also had them mount my new tires right after the lift was done.

They did a 4 wheel alignment just to check that everything was good in the rear. It turned out to be OK and no fine tuning was necessary

 

If you take your time, you can use a tape measure and angle finder to get the alignment about as accurate as the shop will

 

Get out the PB Blaster and spray down your tie rod end adjustments, track bar adjustment, c/a eccentrics and anything else that the shop may have to loosen and turn to dial in your alignment so they don't have to charge you extra for seized up parts, broken bolts etc.
I used to do alignments at different dealerships I worked for and it's always nice when all bolts turn out easily and adjustments are made without having to break out the torches and the big pipe wrenches.

Usually when you have to bust things loose you lose your initial data and have to go through the process again since you bounced the vehicle up and down and side to side....this costs extra in most cases.

Also a good idea to check your front wheel bearings, u-joints and ball joints to make sure you don't have to replace them otherwise it ain't worth doing the alignment till that stuff is taken care of.