caseywiz

Hello There!

As a fairly new owner of a older 2004 GX with 155k miles I'm still kinda learning all this models quirks and possible downfalls .. so far I love the car and it fits all my needs.. I'm in the process of doing offroad upgrades and ran into a bit of a concern with my front suspension. The front tires are angled inward a lil (see pic below). I recently put a coil spacer lift(2.5") but kept the stock coil over because its still in good condition. I plan to upgrade to better shocks soon but figure why not thrash the stock ones while they're still good(the previous owner didn't take it offroad whatsoever). Also haven't gotten around to converting the back to springs because the airbags are still working perfect. Both front cv axle boots are torn but i'm not super concerned yet because they're not clicking so there must be a decent amount of grease in there.

Does anyone out there know if this is just a thing with these cars once you start meddling/raising the front suspension? Should I be concerned or is it unsafe? I also don't want the tires wearing out weird or fast because they're pricey.

Lemme know I'm not crazy and over exaggerating LOL

chiph9

You changed the steering geometry with the lift, so you need to get them aligned.

Chip H.

caseywiz

@chiph9 Thanks for responding.

I did get an alignment right after I installed it.. maybe they just did a ****ty job and I should try to get it done again?

chiph9

You can do a quick check yourself. Follow these instructions, but measure the back of the tire first. And when you measure the front of the tire, hold the tape measure the same distance above the ground as you did for the back measurement. So it'll probably be at the 4 o'clock and 8 o'clock position on the tire, so the tape measure clears the skid plate.

Chip H.

IanB2

What does your post alignment spec printout look like?

PDXGX

Camber. Google it.