Advice needed please re suspension replacement

[texaxile]

Hi,

I'm almost through another Impreza project and wondered if anyone can clarify the following:

suspension has been replaced all round with new (Pedders EZ Fit kit standard ride height), I've also replaced the rear lateral arms , f & r bushes and subframe for new items and shod it with 4 new Michelins. Basically a full suspension and bush rebuild.

My quandary is that the car needs an MOT, the station being about 6 miles from my front door, luckily the 4 wheel alignment place is 100 yards away from the Garage doing the MOT.

I'd like to ask, will driving it 6 miles to the MOT then getting wheel alignment afterwards be OK?. Everything is torqued to spec, done on level ground etc.

The reason I'm doing it in that order is because if I get the alignment done first and there's an issue with the items which have been replaced, then I might need to pay for it to be done a second time which I'd like to avoid.

Cheers and virtual single malt to you all.

[paul_c123]

So long as you do it by eye as best you can, should be okay but it might drive very funny, none of which is an MoT fail though. Just take it easy.

[texaxile]

paul_c123 said:

So long as you do it by eye as best you can, should be okay but it might drive very funny, none of which is an MoT fail though. Just take it easy.

Cheers mate.

I did think as much but wanted to ask in case there was a big red alarm that I'd missed. I'll grab the tape measure tomorrow and make sure everything is kind of equal, I'm not expecting it to be perfect though.

It's basically 22 years /125k mileage of worn out items replaced for brand new in one hit, so I'm expecting things to be all over the place.

Is the tracking (steering) covered by 4 wheel alignment do you know?.

[GreenV8S]

Assuming you did the work yourself, you're also in a position to align it yourself too. It is relatively simple to do using the string box method, especially if you're only aiming to get it good enough to drive six miles. The reason for using those fancy alignment tools is that it makes the process a lot faster, which matters if you're paying professional labour rates, but you can do a perfectly good alignment job without them.

[texaxile]

GreenV8S said:

Assuming you did the work yourself, you're also in a position to align it yourself too. It is relatively simple to do using the string box method, especially if you're only aiming to get it good enough to drive six miles. The reason for using those fancy alignment tools is that it makes the process a lot faster, which matters if you're paying professional labour rates, but you can do a perfectly good alignment job without them.

Yep the old ways always the best.

6 miles is nowt really isn't it? tbh the pro alignment is as much for my fitting skills as it is the car itself, to see how far out i am. once its done its done.

Cheers for the reply/

[GreenV8S]

texaxile said:

6 miles is nowt really isn't it?

Well, it's far enough to knacker a set of tyres if the alignment is hideously wrong. But I'm sure the MK1 eyeball would notice if it was that bad.