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Old Apr 29, 2013 | 01:08 AM
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Sounds like the wheel wasn't completely straight when they aligned your car or maybe they need to recalibrate their equipment. So the rear camber for both sides were .1 degrees from being the same?


Two other shops you might want to check out is Roger Kraus Racing in Castro Valley or Motorsport Techniques in Hayward.

Yea they are .1 in difference, but thats still a difference to me. Especially when charging me the higher price. And they were also able to get exact point for point in the past. Guess they weren't trying hard enough that day.


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Motorsport Techniques in Hayward are awesome. I know lots of people who autocross with us that go there.

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They never took my car for a test drive after I got my alignment there once.
Old Apr 29, 2013 | 01:15 AM
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Yea they are .1 in difference, but thats still a difference to me. Especially when charging me the higher price. And they were also able to get exact point for point in the past. Guess they weren't trying hard enough that day.

They never took my car for a test drive after I got my alignment there once.
I'm not sure if .1 of a difference would make a difference, but I understand wanting them to be exact. It's your car and your standards. Motorsport Techniques was recommended to me by a few people that track and autox. The same for Roger Kraus Racing.
Old Apr 29, 2013 | 01:36 AM
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I'm not sure if .1 of a difference would make a difference, but I understand wanting them to be exact. It's your car and your standards. Motorsport Techniques was recommended to me by a few people that track and autox. The same for Roger Kraus Racing.
It can if you drive fast enough!! Lol







I say he should go to Roger kraus Racing.
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I've also heard great things about Roger Krause racing.
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It can if you drive fast enough!! Lol
Old Apr 29, 2013 | 08:25 AM
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I can't thank everyone for their help I'm going to call the 3 places and see who offers a better deal without screwing around with the quality

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Old Apr 29, 2013 | 10:54 AM
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It's weird seeing these negative reviews about AI. I've been in there many times and I've never had a problem with them. All of my alignments have been spot on.

There are some areas where they are cautious. But I can respect that. The only times I've gotten a "No" was for reusing valve stems and putting wheels on my car without TPMS (federal law).
Old Apr 29, 2013 | 11:10 AM
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It's weird seeing these negative reviews about AI. I've been in there many times and I've never had a problem with them. All of my alignments have been spot on.

There are some areas where they are cautious. But I can respect that. The only times I've gotten a "No" was for reusing valve stems and putting wheels on my car without TPMS (federal law).
Unfortunately it doesn't seem to be the same AI that was so subaru (iclub) friendly 5-8 years ago. I've used them as well and had great luck.

These days I use firestone lifetime... wut!

Just took my car in... my camber was all FUBAR. I was noticing that my car handled on rails turning one way and was sketchy as hell turning the other.

Had almost a complete degree of camber difference left to right. LOL!

Stupid gravel drive way.
Old Apr 29, 2013 | 11:13 AM
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>.> Firestone refuses to work on my car unless they put in stock numbers which I know has changed..
Old Apr 29, 2013 | 07:32 PM
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So I scheduled an appointment with roger Krause.. Guy seems legit and said its not a problem as long as I come in early to get it done. I'll be coming in Friday and once I get all my parts that will allow me to fix my alignment perfectly. Its not that off so I'm okay till Friday. He also gave me a good price for the alignment I'm assuming the owner is roger and hopefully he will still honor his word that he will get my car fixed up. He offered to level my car too but I won't do that until I get everything I want installed by the summer.
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Originally Posted by oshrizak
So I scheduled an appointment with roger Krause.. Guy seems legit and said its not a problem as long as I come in early to get it done. I'll be coming in Friday and once I get all my parts that will allow me to fix my alignment perfectly. Its not that off so I'm okay till Friday. He also gave me a good price for the alignment I'm assuming the owner is roger and hopefully he will still honor his word that he will get my car fixed up. He offered to level my car too but I won't do that until I get everything I want installed by the summer.
I think his son runs the shop now. What do you mean by leveled? You mean corner balancing?
Old Apr 29, 2013 | 09:33 PM
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Yep corner ballencing I'll do it soon... Who ever I spoke with was informative and I felt like I was dealing with a professional so that's a good start.
Old Apr 29, 2013 | 10:24 PM
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Yep corner ballencing I'll do it soon... Who ever I spoke with was informative and I felt like I was dealing with a professional so that's a good start.
I've never heard of corner balancing a car that doesn't have coilovers. I'm not sure how you can corner balance a car without coilovers.
Old Apr 29, 2013 | 10:27 PM
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I've never heard of corner balancing a car that doesn't have coilovers. I'm not sure how you can corner balance a car without coilovers.
Well apparently due to my adjustable shocks its possible but maybe he misunderstood me? I'm not too knowledgeable on it either so i'll have to ask when I go there since I do want to get it done for when I get all my parts in order.
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Well apparently due to my adjustable shocks its possible but maybe he misunderstood me? I'm not too knowledgeable on it either so i'll have to ask when I go there since I do want to get it done for when I get all my parts in order.
You should look up what corner balancing actually is. The only thing Konis give are adjustable rebound. I believe you need to be able to adjust height for corner balancing.

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