bustopoo

Are MB dealers the only people that can do alignments? I want to get coilovers, and I emailed a dealer and they said installing coilovers would 'affect my warranty status'.

Any thoughts?

TIA

ATL_MB

Lots of places do alignments, but in my experience, the dealer is the only place to get an alignment done right - at least on M-Bs.

As far as the warranty, of course it will void your warranty, but only to the extent the modifications are responsible for damage to the car. I am hard pressed to think of anything that might break (or be allowed to break) due to coilovers. A wheel or tire might rub something, I suppose.

14cue

You should list your location if you want suggestions.

Just sayin', might help.

bustopoo

Sure---

My location is Clovis, NM aka BFE middle of no where new mexico. The closest dealership is about 120 miles away. The next biggest city is alburquerque, which is about 3 hr drive one way.

I don't know mind doing the coilover install myself since I have access to a lift, but I'm worried about how much damage I'll do to the car if I drive it 120 miles on those coilovers without them being properly balanced and such.


Thanks
Paul

BerBer63

No damage, just drive like a sane person. I put 500 miles on my car, got it dropped a little more, then did alignment.