Good place to get an alignment
05-16-2014, 09:37 AM
#56
Well as usual the guys at rbms were awesome!
Went from there to Motorsport techniques for an alignment and corner balance. They have a hunter hawk lazer I believe. After about two hours they come back an tell me that one of their scales is reading improperly and they can't do the corner balance.
My bs meter pegged. I don't think they have a guy there anymore who knows how to do it. They just gave me a regular alignment and then I was out the door.
Went back to rbms for a couple things and found that MT did not tighten any of the lock bolts on the rear cusco suspension pieces...
Great...
So I give them a total thumbs down. I do not recommend Motorsport techniques at all.
Went from there to Motorsport techniques for an alignment and corner balance. They have a hunter hawk lazer I believe. After about two hours they come back an tell me that one of their scales is reading improperly and they can't do the corner balance.
My bs meter pegged. I don't think they have a guy there anymore who knows how to do it. They just gave me a regular alignment and then I was out the door.
Went back to rbms for a couple things and found that MT did not tighten any of the lock bolts on the rear cusco suspension pieces...
Great...
So I give them a total thumbs down. I do not recommend Motorsport techniques at all.
05-17-2014, 10:06 AM
#57
Why is it so hard to find a good alignment shop?
I recently talked to someone who got an incorrect alignment @ Auto Innovations which scares me because they have become my spot. Roger Kraus I'll never go back to because the gentlemen did not tighten the bolts after aligning my car. It was obviously within 500 feet of driving and clunking (yes he drove my car afterward first and gave it the ok), oops he forget to the tighten the bolt and apologized. What the hell was he doing when he test drove my car? How did he miss this? Anyway I had to get the car realigned it felt like ****, and when I took it to Auto Innovations without mentioning my R Kraus visit, the alignment was totally off and not even close to what the print out had said from R Kraus.
Why is it so hard to find a good alignment shop? Are people that stupid in the world? Are they just lazy?
I think the real problem here is shops are suspension expert mechanics, then they send you to some third party dip **** to get your alignment. Will Subaru repair shops ever get their own alignment racks? Come on guys you can't be a suspension expert shop without an alignment rack.
I recently talked to someone who got an incorrect alignment @ Auto Innovations which scares me because they have become my spot. Roger Kraus I'll never go back to because the gentlemen did not tighten the bolts after aligning my car. It was obviously within 500 feet of driving and clunking (yes he drove my car afterward first and gave it the ok), oops he forget to the tighten the bolt and apologized. What the hell was he doing when he test drove my car? How did he miss this? Anyway I had to get the car realigned it felt like ****, and when I took it to Auto Innovations without mentioning my R Kraus visit, the alignment was totally off and not even close to what the print out had said from R Kraus.
Why is it so hard to find a good alignment shop? Are people that stupid in the world? Are they just lazy?
I think the real problem here is shops are suspension expert mechanics, then they send you to some third party dip **** to get your alignment. Will Subaru repair shops ever get their own alignment racks? Come on guys you can't be a suspension expert shop without an alignment rack.
Last edited by slow04wrx; 05-17-2014 at 10:08 AM.
05-17-2014, 07:38 PM
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Why is it so hard to find a good alignment shop? I recently talked to someone who got an incorrect alignment @ Auto Innovations which scares me because they have become my spot. Roger Kraus I'll never go back to because the gentlemen did not tighten the bolts after aligning my car. It was obviously within 500 feet of driving and clunking (yes he drove my car afterward first and gave it the ok), oops he forget to the tighten the bolt and apologized. What the hell was he doing when he test drove my car? How did he miss this? Anyway I had to get the car realigned it felt like ****, and when I took it to Auto Innovations without mentioning my R Kraus visit, the alignment was totally off and not even close to what the print out had said from R Kraus. Why is it so hard to find a good alignment shop? Are people that stupid in the world? Are they just lazy? I think the real problem here is shops are suspension expert mechanics, then they send you to some third party dip **** to get your alignment. Will Subaru repair shops ever get their own alignment racks? Come on guys you can't be a suspension expert shop without an alignment rack.
05-18-2014, 02:20 AM
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Hey guys, so I'm need over an alignment but I'm completely stock so I I'm just looking for a factory alignment. My choices so far are either got to Capitol subaru, Speedelement, or edge motor works. Should I go to one of these places or would you guys recommend else where since I'm just looking for factory specs?
I'm located in San Jose so I would prefer not to drive too far if possible.
Thanks,
Randy
I'm located in San Jose so I would prefer not to drive too far if possible.
Thanks,
Randy