yeh Pepboys has auto service but I don't know they're good or not

 

Honestly? They suck! Tell us where you're located and someone will recommend a good alignment shop in your area.

 

It doesn't matter whether you take the car to Pep Boys or the local Ford dealership; What matters is who is doing the alignment, not where he works. This car is sensitive to alignment (meaning that changing the alignment changes the handling, for better, or worse) so it is important to be sure that it is done properly. I take all our cars to the local Ford dealership for alignment and tire servicing because the best tire and alignment guy around happens to work there.

A good alignment shop will be able to give you a printout of the alignment specs they achieved when they're done. A good alignment man will achieve settings that exactly match the factory "preferred" settings. Determine what your alighment *should* be, and then compare that to the alignment sheet you get.

The best way to find a good alignment shop is to ask around. If you can find a technician who aligns any type of formula car he'll have no problem with the S2000, and at the very least try to find someone with S2000 specific experience.

 

you know it could actually be that whoever did your original alignment didnt clamp the steering wheel in the center position, thus when they aligned your front wheels straight, the steering wheel is now off center. The car *could* be perfectly aligned otherwise.

IMHO this should covered under your warranty. you're not asking for an alignment, just for your steering wheel to be recentered. Unfortunately to do this your car will need to be put back onto the alignment rack. If your dealership wont do it, they need to pay for an alignment elsewhere.

 

Thank you everyone. I live in North New Jersey, Morris Co, Parsippany. Finally I went to Pepboys to get my car aligned. But guess what the car is still pulling to one side. So I took the car back asking why and the guy who did the alignment wanted to have a road test. After the road test, he said that the car was perfectly good and he did a great job. The steering is not centered and he did not give me any print out.

 

I guess you should have listened to the advice you were given about Pep Boys. Why didn't you go to an alignment shop?

 

I didn't know anyone of them around my area.

 

Are you saying that it's common to get an alignment once or twice a year? The only time I get an alignment is when I get new tires...and even then, I wasn't sure if it was completely necessary. So, I'm wondering, when should someone get an alignment--only when there is a noticeable change in handling, or every X-amount of miles or months, or what?

 

I've gotten 3 alignments this year.

I know several owners who get alignments every 2 months or so.

it's all a matter of how much you care about it.

 

It's not just how much you care, but how the car is used. The harder the suspension is worked the more frequently it will need to be aligned. Driving on smooth interstates at legal speeds is apt to wear out tires before the suspension wears enough to benefit from alignment. Driving through pot holes every day is apt to require daily realignment. Most of us fall somewhere in between.

Once you know how the car is supposed to feel (when properly aligned) then it's pretty easy to tell when it needs realignment. Same way with tire pressures. A difference of 2 lbs. can be felt in the cars handling. Problem is, you've got to know how the car feels when everything is right, or you don't have any way to know when it feels wrong.

The steering wheel should be centered, and the OP needs to try another alignment shop.

Can anyone in his area recommend a good shop?