Need opinions on recent alignment....
Dec 3, 2009, 11:40 AM
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Need opinions on recent alignment....
So recently I took my summer tires off to put on the snows and noticed some pretty uneven tire wear. In a matter of convenience, I dropped the car off at a local NTB to check the alignment. Here are the results:
Camber FR: -2.1°
Camber FL: -1.8°
Toe: 0.05°+
Camber RR: -1.6
Camber LR: -1.6
Toe on the right is +0.25°
Toe on the left is -0.2°
Dude said they can't get the left rear toe bolt loose and they don't want to break it. are these acceptable numbers? Should I have them zero in the rear toe better?
Camber FR: -2.1°
Camber FL: -1.8°
Toe: 0.05°+
Camber RR: -1.6
Camber LR: -1.6
Toe on the right is +0.25°
Toe on the left is -0.2°
Dude said they can't get the left rear toe bolt loose and they don't want to break it. are these acceptable numbers? Should I have them zero in the rear toe better?
Last edited by black95tt; Dec 3, 2009 at 12:10 PM.
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Dec 3, 2009, 03:21 PM
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Had to add little to this story. Before I dropped the car off, I reset the boost gauge. You can probably see where this is going already. When I went to pick it up, I got in the car and it said 24.5. Those ****ers took it out for a joy ride. I confronted the manager about it and he said they wouldn't have driven it hard. I said BS the gauge says otherwise. We went back and forth and I left pissed off. Can't trust anyone these days man. My fault for trusting them, but I explicitly said to not take joy rides before I left. Everything is fine, but still. What a crock. I searched for performance based alignment shops and I couldn't find crap in my area. WTF. 
Dec 3, 2009, 05:19 PM
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Had to add little to this story. Before I dropped the car off, I reset the boost gauge. You can probably see where this is going already. When I went to pick it up, I got in the car and it said 24.5. Those ****ers took it out for a joy ride. I confronted the manager about it and he said they wouldn't have driven it hard. I said BS the gauge says otherwise. We went back and forth and I left pissed off. Can't trust anyone these days man. My fault for trusting them, but I explicitly said to not take joy rides before I left. Everything is fine, but still. What a crock. I searched for performance based alignment shops and I couldn't find crap in my area. WTF.
I can't tell you how slow I drive customer's cars when i have to. Very grandma-ish.
But then I'm not really a power guy.I think "normal" car shops that don't see these kinds of cars everyday are a lot more prone to that sort of thing.
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Dec 3, 2009, 05:25 PM
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Had to add little to this story. Before I dropped the car off, I reset the boost gauge. You can probably see where this is going already. When I went to pick it up, I got in the car and it said 24.5. Those ****ers took it out for a joy ride. I confronted the manager about it and he said they wouldn't have driven it hard. I said BS the gauge says otherwise. We went back and forth and I left pissed off. Can't trust anyone these days man. My fault for trusting them, but I explicitly said to not take joy rides before I left. Everything is fine, but still. What a crock. I searched for performance based alignment shops and I couldn't find crap in my area. WTF.
could have written down the mileage....thats always a good idea.
Dec 3, 2009, 06:09 PM
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MOST shops will drive a car to make sure the steering wheel and everything else is kosher before they give the car back.
I would have gone nuts. Before I worked at a shop, I would ALWAYS wait for my vehicle, no matter what.
I would have gone nuts. Before I worked at a shop, I would ALWAYS wait for my vehicle, no matter what.
Dec 3, 2009, 06:44 PM
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Well, I did write down the mileage. They only drove it two or three miles. That's plenty enough distance to rip the **** out of it though. All the while the engine had to have been cold. I know it wasn't warmed up when I dropped it off.
So I just got out of the garage trying to get the rear toe adjust bolt loose (that they claimed was seized). That bolt hadn't been touched. Neither of them had. Both came right loose with a crappy craftsman 1/2" socket wrench. Being that the rear toe was the only thing out of alignment, that means that they literally did not adjust a damn thing.
I dropped off my car, they stared at it, took it for a romp and then charged ME $100.
I'm located in Akron Ohio, if anyone knows of a good place shoot me a PM!
So I just got out of the garage trying to get the rear toe adjust bolt loose (that they claimed was seized). That bolt hadn't been touched. Neither of them had. Both came right loose with a crappy craftsman 1/2" socket wrench. Being that the rear toe was the only thing out of alignment, that means that they literally did not adjust a damn thing.
I dropped off my car, they stared at it, took it for a romp and then charged ME $100.
I'm located in Akron Ohio, if anyone knows of a good place shoot me a PM!
Dec 4, 2009, 02:47 AM
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I have recently used this shop for my tire changes and alignments for my Focus. Have been good and do what I have asked for.
I have also used a place in Medina, Motomotion (http://www.motomotion.com/). But I think they got ride of their alignment rack.
Another place in Medina that we have a good relationship with is Dealer Connection (http://www.dealerconnectionmedina.com/). Good guys. Will do exactly what you ask for.
I have recently used this shop for my tire changes and alignments for my Focus. Have been good and do what I have asked for.
I have also used a place in Medina, Motomotion (http://www.motomotion.com/). But I think they got ride of their alignment rack.
Another place in Medina that we have a good relationship with is Dealer Connection (http://www.dealerconnectionmedina.com/). Good guys. Will do exactly what you ask for.
Dec 4, 2009, 09:43 AM
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So I took it back today and the dude said that I loosened the wrong bolts to adjust toe. I'm pretty sure he is wrong, does anyone have an illustration pointing out which eccentric bolts adjust toe and camber? I thought the inner lower control arm bolt did camber, and the inner upper control arm ( the one connecting to the front of the spindle) bolt did toe?