Apologies if I sound like a Center Gravity fan boy; I have no affiliation with them whatsoever. On 2 separate occasions they have fixed my car which went in feeling very twitchy and came out feeling sublime. Night and day difference. What I like about CG is they are passionate about their work. It's a job for them but they take pride in what they do and are perfectionists. That may be true of other outfits, but I'm sure for many it's just a job. You pay your money and take your choice.

I know TGM are well regarded hence why I took my car to them. The main reason I did and left it with them for a week was to service it and do the geo to ensure the bolts remained free, hence it was somewhat of a disappointment that the alignment came out worse than when it went in as there was nothing wrong with it. I'm a weekend only driver, I don't do many miles so took me a while to discover the drive was less than optimal. In honesty, I wouldn't go out of my way to go to TGM in the future based on my experience, but each to their own.

The opposite can be said of CG. I live in SW London and I don't know how far CG are from me, but it's the only place if want doing specialist geo on my car.

 

I've been to CG a number of times. I wouldn't take my car anywhere else tbh.

 

If you are reliant on a specialist to give you advice on your setup then by all means go to one of the aforementioned people. If however you know what it is that you want the car setting to just go to anywhere with a good quality 4 wheel alignment rig and give them the specs, and if it helps then read the manual or even better print off the relevant section so that the guy doing it does it as Honda intended.

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And for what it's worth I would always just go for OEM settings for the road unless you live in an area with exceptionally good quality roads then you may want to increase the camber a little.

 

OEM settings have a large tolerance, so I'd go somewhere that can advise which end of the tolerance you want to be to achieve particular handling traits. But if you can ascertain the settings you want, any decent alignment place can do it, assuming they give it the care and attention it needs (ie don't just get it roughly right and leave it). It does seem that the S is fairly sensitive to alignment settings, and really comes alive when you get it right.

 

All very helpful information.
Thank you very much!

I think I'll print out the settings I want and see if Kwik Fit will do it.
Last time I went though, they wouldn't adjust my wheels 'because I have aftermarket wheels', doesn't make sense??

 

If kwik fit have someone who knows how to do a proper alignment, fine. If they don't, avoid. Little tricks make a big difference, like rolling back and forth after adjusting, then readjusting, and making sure there steering wheel is naturally slack and centre (as opposed to just yanking it to the centre).

 

Sohail, see here for places in Leeds: http://www.alignmyca...dius=50&x=0&y=0

Bram Racing looks a decent bet.

 

Again thank you very much. I won't be taking to Kwik Fit in that case.
Lovegroova - that's website is awesome. Thank you. Think I'll be paying Bram Racing a visit.