Finally got the new rack and new suspension goodies under the Prix and took it in for an alignment today. The guy said they got the front as close as they could, but due to spring compression rates being lower than normal that it may wander left a tiny bit. He suggested new springs all the way around to fix this. He stated than other than the springs everything looked great, and even commented on the GMPP rear arms and sway, lol...
Here is the printout that he gave me with the beginning and end specs...
My question is, is he right? I know the springs are stock and have about 270K on them now so I could believe it. I need to replace the rear struts as well since they are pretty much done. All I had $$ for was to replace the front struts/mounts at the time and reuse the stock spring.
If this is true, then I will have no choice but to explain to the wife why I need to replace all 4 springs and the 2 rear struts, lol... Probably go something like this: "Tire place said the car needs all 4 springs and rear struts replaced otherwise it will just keep chewing up tires and be unstable, and tires are expensive (as she well knows since she has killed 2 front tires within the last year at $200 a pop). Don't want to risk our childs life driving around in something like that, so I'm gonna need to get on it soon."
Translation: I need 4 new springs and rear struts, might as well lower it with plans of adding 18's in the future and replace the struts at the same time, therefore you will not be spending any money on purses/shoes for the next 2 months
Here is the printout that he gave me with the beginning and end specs...
My question is, is he right? I know the springs are stock and have about 270K on them now so I could believe it. I need to replace the rear struts as well since they are pretty much done. All I had $$ for was to replace the front struts/mounts at the time and reuse the stock spring.
If this is true, then I will have no choice but to explain to the wife why I need to replace all 4 springs and the 2 rear struts, lol... Probably go something like this: "Tire place said the car needs all 4 springs and rear struts replaced otherwise it will just keep chewing up tires and be unstable, and tires are expensive (as she well knows since she has killed 2 front tires within the last year at $200 a pop). Don't want to risk our childs life driving around in something like that, so I'm gonna need to get on it soon."
Translation: I need 4 new springs and rear struts, might as well lower it with plans of adding 18's in the future and replace the struts at the same time, therefore you will not be spending any money on purses/shoes for the next 2 months
