Less than an 1"

 

I have Rack Spacers to solve that problem

 

Except for the left front camber. Still makes me laugh.

 

oh yeah i forgot about that, but that is getting fixed this weekend, maybe even tonight, well see how lazy i am

 

I'm not sayin that the guy needs an alignment, but your explanation of why you didn't need one isn't very good.

1/10 degree (0.1) off is a lot considering the allowable difference is 0.05. Your toe was twice what its supposed to be.

Even that much toe will make the inside shoulder of your tire wear out quite a bit faster.

 

I just checked my alignment sheet. Everythig was perfect except for my passenger side toe which was .28, specifie range was 0-.2. So I was barely off. I'm not saying an alignment isn't necessary, it's just not very urgent. Then again I only lowered 2 inches

 

0 to .2 if this is correct, then you were .008 off. Thats a lot when your talking .0001, tenths. Mine's lowered 2" and they could'nt get mine all the way aligned. Mine's still out a couple of tenths

 

Well damn then. I was gonna buy them just to save Drew the cash but that much difference isn't worth the hassle.

 

Well, the springs will help. If they are SS/SC springs, they will not bring you down much. They will help you handle much better though. A standard Cobalt has the FE1, the Sport and SC cars are FE3, while the TC cars are FE5 (tightest) suspensions.

And don't forget that we live in NE Ohio, the land of nast pot holes and snow in the winter. A slight drop would be ok, but if you drive in winter to low, then you will be pushing a lot of the time. This winter I had a lot of snow pushed into my intercooler due to the snow, and I am not lowered.

 

so having mine switched out can still improve handling? and did you see my thread about my car problem bill? its not the tranny, its the MAF i found out. and yesterday it threw a CEL

 

im lowered and i cant tell you how many times i plowed my driveway and did the nice service of plowing some streets for the other drivers, WOW I'm a good citizen
and i lift it back up during the winter time

 

Drew, I saw it. Hope you can get the part soon to fix it.

As for the springs, i don't think they would help you. You have the Sport, so they should be the same as what you have now. If they were TC springs, that would be different.

How many miles do you have on your car Drew? The plugs might need checked and the trans fluid.

 

I plowed a lot lowered too. I solved that problem by parking my car all winter.

 

im jealous, i wish i could park mine.
how low are you?

 

Lowered on SSCs, got about an inch and a half fender gap. My lip is about pop can height off the ground.

 

NICE, you coming to Columbus?

 

yessir

 

Also, in case anyone in this thread hasn't seen this yet

https://www.cobaltss.net/forums/mid-...g-meet-248681/

 

I'd join if I knew any of you guys, maybe next year

 

This is a good time to meet some people. i have not met to many people from here, but i will show up at the truck stop to see some of them since it is close to my house.

 

Do you like cars?

Do you like wings?

Do you like beer?

If you answered yes to any of the above, you need to go regardless of who you know.

Seriously, though, you'll have a good time I can assure you.

 

I really don't know anyone on here either. That's why you go to meets.

 

Cars? yes.
Wings? Yes.
Beer? Hell yeah, but I'm only 19 so I usually take a lot of **** from car guys

 

hey, I'm 19 too.

 

im only 20, be 21 in september haha. will see what happens next year. cant really get off work at the moment only been at my second job for about a month now.