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Originally Posted by twitchy
Im thinking that when the struts are changed the car will sit at the proper ride height and the wheels wont bow out. Cause when the struts compress the wheels naturally camber out till it settles right, like look when you take the car up on a hoist the wheels are angled all funny. What i mean is that I know i need an alignment but will changing the struts which im doing myself help?
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No, the struts will do nothing to change the ride height, at least not noticeably... Struts are there to dampen, to smooth out bumps as I would describe it... I would imagine that if you have blown struts then you may have some worn springs as well, especially if you have been sitting on the blown struts 3 years now... The comparison you gave when putting the car on the lift is not quite what you describe it to be either; imagine the difference of NOT having a 2700lb car sitting on the springs. The springs can now push the wheels down and the natural tendency when there is no weight on the wheels will be the appearance of positive camber, like this: \ / while when there is weight on the wheels, gravity will give you the appearance of negative camber, like this: / \
Long story short, replacing the struts CAN help you with the tire wear problem, but what you have described seems, to me, that it may be time for springs as well. Either way, you will need to follow it with an alignment.