Alignment

I just put a spacer lift on my 16 taco. Just 2 inches in the front. Yes I know a lot of you despise the spacers.

My question is I had my alignment done and everything is adjusted into specs. My tires are kicked out though it's noticeable to the eye. Will the suspension settle over the next couple days to resolve the problem?

 

Spacers don't settle. They're solid pieces of material.

When you lift you can't align into "specs" because those are for factory height trucks, not lifted. Go back to the alignment shop and have them align it correctly for the lift.

 

That makes perfect sense. I'm completely new to this so lesson learned. I only screwed myself out of $50. Thanks for the quick response!

 

Sure.. they should fix it without charging you - at least here almost every shop will do adjusts free of cost within the first 3 days or something.

 

What he said- I just doubt with this same issue this past weekend. Took to Big O tire and they had not idea. Went to 4 wheel parts and my tires are 100% vertical! no postive/negative camber

 

How long has it been since you got the alignment? I had an issue with mine like this on my first lift and I took it back (it was a few hours later on the same day) and had them put it back up on the lift and work on it more for no charge.

After my 2nd lift I spent 4.5hrs at the shop and didn't let them take it off the rack until I was satisfied with the numbers.

I'll be doing this again after I get new arms and have to get another alignment

 

I put the lift on last night and took it this morning to get it aligned.

The shop I went to was just a wheel and alignment shop which you'd think would get the job done correctly, but I called a local shop that specializes lifts and he said it could be their machine. He guaranteed me that they would make sure it will look like it just rolled off the lot when he gets done. Only downside he can't get me in till Tuesday at the earliest.

 

Dunno about all that but I don't know much. The machine only tells them what they're measuring at, so unless that machine isn't calibrated then in my simple mind that doesn't hold any water.

If the first ship will realign for free I'd go there. If you have to pay for it then by all means go elsewhere.

Some shops won't align outside of factory specs and some shops have lazy employees who don't care to do it right, just to do it. Not sure which you have here, but I'd give them a crack or a phone call and see.