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gubby
24 June 2008, 22:03
A while ago I had a quote of £18 per axle for wheel alignment.

This week while have a puncture mended at another fitters, I asked for a quote for wheel alignment and was quoted £130.:eek:

When I asked why so much i was told that it was 4 wheel alignment, carried by laser equipment and would take an hour and a half to set up and complete.

So, is it worth the extra £90 or so to have this done over the standard alignment check?

rbaz
26 June 2008, 08:57
A while ago I had a quote of £18 per axle for wheel alignment.

This week while have a puncture mended at another fitters, I asked for a quote for wheel alignment and was quoted £130.:eek:

When I asked why so much i was told that it was 4 wheel alignment, carried by laser equipment and would take an hour and a half to set up and complete.

So, is it worth the extra £90 or so to have this done over the standard alignment check?

If they are a Subaru /performance garage yes its worth it but if they are only a normal garage take it to a specialist they will have much better settings.

I had the tracking done on a few years ago and wanted a little toe in on the front and the garage refused and said that every car has to be parallel at the front :freak3:
They set it parallel then I had to adjust the tca's a turn each end to get some toe in :lol1:

kingmikeyuk
01 July 2008, 13:27
why do you want slight toe in , from my investigations the front wheels should be set up with a slight toe out , they will pull in under accleration and fast motorway driving ? but any other ideas would be welcome have just adjusted mine to give slight toe out approx 3mm .