alignment shop?
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Originally Posted by OBSeRiouso,Aug 2 2006, 03:36 PM
again and again.
You can't pay for quality. After running the Euro Spec Allignment done by them, I'm convinced.
it's just like wheels man. You pay for quality of it.
Work, Volk, Blitz > Rota, All Day.
You can't pay for quality. After running the Euro Spec Allignment done by them, I'm convinced.
it's just like wheels man. You pay for quality of it.
Work, Volk, Blitz > Rota, All Day.
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Originally Posted by SD_S2K,Aug 2 2006, 04:18 PM
if you are comparing an alignment to wheels, you are wrong. sure you can have your opinion, but that is apples and oranges.
I will get an alignment every 6 months, or every time I adjust my wheels or coilovers. At that rate after a few years you would pay +/- $1000 for alignments. Not worth it, no matter how you want to spin it. An alignment doesn't make the car look better or go faster. Maybe handle slightly better, but not anything worth that money.
but, thats my opinion. if you want to waste $140 every time, by all means, piss away
I will get an alignment every 6 months, or every time I adjust my wheels or coilovers. At that rate after a few years you would pay +/- $1000 for alignments. Not worth it, no matter how you want to spin it. An alignment doesn't make the car look better or go faster. Maybe handle slightly better, but not anything worth that money.
but, thats my opinion. if you want to waste $140 every time, by all means, piss away
I never once said that getting an alignment was for looks nor made you faster of any sort.
But saying that getting an alignment isn't anything worth that money. Bull.
A Good alignment, if not, a great alignment is a key point in how our car handles and sets off the contact patch it gives to the street just as much the suspension does.
Thas why soo many motorsport divisions such as AutoX'ing, drifting, or hell, attacking the so cal freeway ramps of san diego like I do, make sure there camber, caster, toe etc is Top Notch and wouldn't settle for anything less.
hell, $140 for me for a nice Euro Spec Aggressive alignment, Is well worth the money.
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I don't see how one shop's alignment can be better than another? -1.5 camber is -1.5 camber 1/8 degree of toe is just that, 1/8. Considering that many of these shops are utilizing similar equipment, I don't see how one shop's alignment can truly be better than another... I mean they give you a computerized printout with the before and after specs! So unless these shops are fudging their specs isn't an alignment just an alignment (I am referring to computerized only)?
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Originally Posted by IIGQ4U,Aug 2 2006, 08:54 PM
I don't see how one shop's alignment can be better than another? -1.5 camber is -1.5 camber 1/8 degree of toe is just that, 1/8. Considering that many of these shops are utilizing similar equipment, I don't see how one shop's alignment can truly be better than another... I mean they give you a computerized printout with the before and after specs! So unless these shops are fudging their specs isn't an alignment just an alignment (I am referring to computerized only)?
it's like saying xyz co. puts on my tires so much better than abc co. its worth twice the price...
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Originally Posted by IIGQ4U,Aug 2 2006, 08:54 PM
I don't see how one shop's alignment can be better than another? -1.5 camber is -1.5 camber 1/8 degree of toe is just that, 1/8. Considering that many of these shops are utilizing similar equipment, I don't see how one shop's alignment can truly be better than another... I mean they give you a computerized printout with the before and after specs! So unless these shops are fudging their specs isn't an alignment just an alignment (I am referring to computerized only)?
