Time to Wait before Alignemtn

[AccordWarrior]

Hi all,

I just finished installing my springs/struts last Saturday. How long should I wait for everything to settle and get friendly before I take it somewhere to get aligned?

I've heard 2 weeks is a good rule of thumb, but does anyone else have any other input?

Right now it appears I have some front camber but the back's looking pretty good. Hopefully I'll have someone good and they'll be able to adjsut it so I won't need a camber kit...not until I get the 215/45's

*EDIT* I'm proud of the fact I can't spell alignment.

[93accordexcoupe]

well i got an alignemtn about 3 days after, but thats with a camber kit. it all settled and i now have a little bit of camber. which is what i wanted cause my UCA where banging. with no camber kit. get an alignemtn in about a week. whats it feel like driving it. tires squealing a lot?

[AccordWarrior]

Car's going fine. I had an issue with the right front rotor dust shield scraping, but I think I finally banged it back enough that its not a problem. I don't see myself having an UCA issue just because my drop isn't that severe. It's at 3 finger gaps up front and a loose 3 out back (hoping the front comes down a pinch more).

I just know that as it sits right now I was running away from my friends on on-ramps. It is scary though when your tires howl at you and you don't lose grip.

I just want to do everything by the book because I already lost a set of tires to blown strut induced camber.

[93accordexcoupe]

yea the reason they are squealing so much is cause ur toe is off. try glueing it back to ur foot just get an alignemtn in a few days. when i did my suspension it was at like stock height and it looked wierd. but then i went around and pushed on all the corners and it lowered a bit. that was just cause of the way the springs were sitting on the shocks and the way the upper mounts where sitting on the springs. made a big difference tho.