Mits Mighty Max Question- Help Max!!!

What you should do is set the truck up at ride height. Measure the wheel well height from the ground, even both sides out. Keep a mental note of the air pressure you are running, that way you can always set it back to ride height. NOW, with the truck at your ride height... set the toe yourself. You can get it right on if you take your time. Measure half way up your wheel on the front and back on both sides. Find a way to measure inbetween the wheels. Usually you will not be able to just run a tape measure because there is a motor and crap like that in the way. Use a straight edge with a right angle at the ends, that way you can get an straight accurate measurement. Set it at 1/8" toe in. I drove my Mazda around like that and never even took it to an alignment shop. However, you can still take it to the alignment shop because they will be able to adjust the camber and toe to each other to get the maximum amount of life out of your tires. When you go to the alignment shop, have it at ride height and tell them to get it as close to spec as possible.

^^^ good advice. The only thing I would change is setting the alignment at half travel instead of ride height. Half travel will split the alignment issues in half instead of 75/25 or 33/67 or wherever you feel ride height is.

I'm going to sound stupid for asking but I don't care..........what exactly do you mean have it aligned at half-travel?

MAX, do you see anything odd looking or wrong with my pics above?

I would just tell the shop that you have an adjustable suspension but you have it set at the height you want it. Most places will tell you that aligning it won't do anything because when you lower it it will mess everything up. I was told this a few times when I had coil-overs on a civic.  Tell them you understand that but you just need everything adjusted to where it sits now. 

the shop im looking to take it too has a laser computer alignment machine.  anyone know anything about those?  as you adjust the car's suspension you can see on the screen how much you're adjusting and it beeps to tell you when you're set and it uses red shades for not aligned and green shades for close-to being aligned to dead on. 

^^Sounds like a good setup, let us know how it works out. As far as what half travel means it is the measurment of half of your suspensions range.  An airbagged front suspension that cycles 8 inches would be at half its travel point at the 4 inch mark.

---------------------------------------------Originally posted by 1LowMits94MAX, do you see anything odd looking or wrong with my pics above?---------------------------------------------Unfortunately your pictures don't shop anything important. The stuff I need to see is the steering/suspension relationship and you can see any of that in your pics. Laser alignment machines are nice, but not by any stretch necessary. They just make measuring easier, that's it.

well, if I have it aligned at half-travel and I want my ride heighth to be kinda low (bottom of fenders just above the top of the tire, to ensure no rubbing while turning) then when I lower the truck to that ride heighth is the tow-in & camber going to be good or is there a chance it could be off?  I do not want my ride heighth to look stock.  i want just a bit lower than stock. The way it is now with my wifes uncle aligning it as much as he could it sits best-aligned at what looks like stock heighth...and it just doesn't look right with that big gap between the tire & fender.  MAX, what u need me to get pics of and I'll get them tonight?   Thanks

You need to have your truck aligned at the most common height you will drive it at.  If you want your tires to last, then drive it at the same height all the time.   You can do a simple toe alignment in your drive way, but this will not correct any caster issues or camber issues.  It is ok to have a small amount of negative camber even at ride height.  2 degress max I would say.  The toe is what will destroy your tires.  I would take that sway bar off too.  Some will say not to buy you will get a smoother ride out of not having it.