Does anyone know if installing the Skyjacker AAL requires a realignment?

 

Anything you install that changes front ride height will require a realignment.

 

true, but the AAL is in the rear so the front should be unchanged. right?

 

If you need a rear alignment after an AAL install, someone did something seriously wrong.

 

Except you are taking or adding weight to the front, which may cause it to be out.
Also, if you have not had an alignment before, you are overdue.

 

Lifting or lowering the truck when you dont go equal incriments, like 2/2 or 4/4 you are affecting the "camber" angle. And if you lower the front too much or lift rear too much you could create unsafe driving if you camber angle gets too close to 0* or if goes past 0. (cant remember if its neg or positive at that point. I think its pos is bad)

EDIT im a tard, i meant "caster" angle
-Patrick

 

Getting 2.5 AS, Rancho struts and new tires + 4 wheel align tomorrow, but also plan to get AAL. Just wondering if I would need to get realigned after AAL. Hate to spend $90 on alignment only to have to redo it in a few months.

 

No you will not need an alignment. It won't change your front end camber enough to notice.

 

Camber only effects the front (IFS); regardless of how high/low the rear is. Maybe you are talking about castor?

With the AAL only being a inch and a half you don't really have to worry about driveshaft angles because it is not an extreme lift in the rear.

 

I have seen this before but cant remember. "AAL"?

 

Add A Leaf

 

yah i just edited, i cant believe i screwed up like that, must have been the lack of sleep

 

I don't think that you can adjust castor on these trucks anyway. You would need a camber kit to do that, but there is no need to re-align it anyway. You will probably only need to adjust the toe after the front is done. If you are installing an aal that yields only 1.5 inches, there is no need for this.