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Old 09-13-2010, 01:01 AM
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So I put on the daystar 1" strut spacer leveling kit and as I had read, got almost a full 2" of lift from it. Great deal for $40, but my issue is this, took it in for alignment and now while driving straight down the road the steering wheel is off-center to the right. Everything seems to be good other than that, is this something the shop that did the alignment should fix? Or is that just something I have to live with when I lifted (leveled) the front end? They showed me the alignment specs and they look good? Could the steering wheel have just not been straight when they did the alignment?

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yes... the allignment shop didnt do it right.... ive heard this so many times latly... im thankful my dads buddy owns an allignment shop and he does a great job on mine...
i would take it back they should have straigned the wheels before allignment ... i have a 3 inch leveling kit on mine and mine drives straight down the road and my wheel is perfect
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X2.... the alignment was likely rushed and done incorrectly. My leveled truck has no pull whatsoever on level road. I'd take it back to the shop and make them do it again at no charge, and keep making them do it until you're satisfied, or get a refund and go somewhere else.
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whered you pick it up at? cant beat $40.
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Thanks guys, that's what I had thought ,too.

I got the lift from 4wheelparts wholesalers they have a few shops local here. The 1" lift spacer is very inexpensive from a lot of places and from what I had read, gives almost the same lift as the 2.5" and less than half price. So was pleased to find out first hand that it was true.



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