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Old Jun 24, 2009 | 03:10 AM
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Long story short, I hit curbing and steering alignment is off. Quite severe clockwise offset.

1. I went to local tires shop to get it fixed. They made it better but not as perfect as I'd like it to be.

2. Went back to get it fixed. They made it even worse but not by much.

3. Went back again to get fixed. Back to the starting line, identical offset as the beginning before I asked them to fix.

4. Went back again to get fixed. They managed to make it better than 3 but worse than 1.

I am heading back there tomorrow. They said S2K has electronic gizmo underneath which may be affected

Seriously WTF!!!!!!!!

I need to know whether they just suck or it's just plain hard to get it right
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Old Jun 24, 2009 | 03:23 AM
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Took me 4 times another a different shop to get mine right....Bring it somewhere else
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Old Jun 24, 2009 | 03:55 AM
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^^^ I need to pay if I'm going to another shop
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Old Jun 24, 2009 | 04:05 AM
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I had one shop try twice before I went to the dealer. They actually got it right on the first try. It took a while, but otherwise no complaints.
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Old Jun 24, 2009 | 04:45 AM
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Originally Posted by Riviera,Jun 24 2009, 03:55 AM
^^^ I need to pay if I'm going to another shop
The shop that couldnt do it for me gave me my money back since they couldnt get it right and they were tried of me coming back and wasting their and my time.
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Old Jun 24, 2009 | 06:19 AM
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If they can't align it properly and you have to take it to someone more experienced then you shouldn't have to pay them.
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Old Jun 24, 2009 | 08:21 PM
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Ask $ back and take it to another shop. Seriously, they just fcking suck period.
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Old Jun 25, 2009 | 01:33 AM
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I would probably take it to a Honda dealership.
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Old Jun 25, 2009 | 06:09 AM
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Originally Posted by Riviera,Jun 24 2009, 03:10 AM
Long story short, I hit curbing and steering alignment is off. Quite severe clockwise offset.
I think there's a strong chance you bent a control arm or some other suspension piece. That can make it impossible to "correct" with alignment.
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Old Jun 25, 2009 | 07:14 AM
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^^^ Please don't tell me that.....
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