Alignment Question
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St. Jude Donor '14-'15
I agree!!! My alignment shop said, after alignment, to drive it for a day, and if it did not seem perfect, including steering wheel alignment, to bring it back. It would be a simple adjustment for them to put it where I wanted it.
Take yours back, or get a different shop who knows what they are doing.
Don
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All possible, but the fact that they put it back on the rack and pointed to the track arrow in an attempt to vindicate themselves shows a severe misunderstanding of how alignments work. I mean I could make a car track dead ahead with the steering wheel 180° out if I really wanted to.
I agree!!! My alignment shop said, after alignment, to drive it for a day, and if it did not seem perfect, including steering wheel alignment, to bring it back. It would be a simple adjustment for them to put it where I wanted it.
Take yours back, or get a different shop who knows what they are doing.
Don
Take yours back, or get a different shop who knows what they are doing.
Don
I brought it to another shop back when I originally lowered the car and installed my first set of aftermarket wheels and non run-flats and the car drove fine. Since this dealership is over 30 miles away, I will go back to the original shop that performed the original alignment service correctly after I complete my brake upgrade project.
The dealership repositioned the steering wheel and it's not as bad as what it was, however after three attempts, I have no faith they got it right. Since I basically ended up paying for only the oil change, lesson learned and I will never step foot in their service department again.
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St. Jude Donor '15
All possible, but the fact that they put it back on the rack and pointed to the track arrow in an attempt to vindicate themselves shows a severe misunderstanding of how alignments work. I mean I could make a car track dead ahead with the steering wheel 180° out if I really wanted to.
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because a car driving straight means nothing, absolutely nothing, if a car doesn't drive straight the alignment is beyond f'lked
i've had cars that were really off, like 1/4" off and they drove straight
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St. Jude Donor '15
Decided to put some wider tires on the rear and recheck the alignment. This is what it should look like with a straight steering wheel. As a good friend of mine says. That's money right there.
All dead on factory specs with about 0.30 higher caster on the right.
All dead on factory specs with about 0.30 higher caster on the right.
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Remember, this was a dealership and I had a service coupon. That was MY mistake.
I brought it to another shop back when I originally lowered the car and installed my first set of aftermarket wheels and non run-flats and the car drove fine. Since this dealership is over 30 miles away, I will go back to the original shop that performed the original alignment service correctly after I complete my brake upgrade project.
The dealership repositioned the steering wheel and it's not as bad as what it was, however after three attempts, I have no faith they got it right. Since I basically ended up paying for only the oil change, lesson learned and I will never step foot in their service department again.
I brought it to another shop back when I originally lowered the car and installed my first set of aftermarket wheels and non run-flats and the car drove fine. Since this dealership is over 30 miles away, I will go back to the original shop that performed the original alignment service correctly after I complete my brake upgrade project.
The dealership repositioned the steering wheel and it's not as bad as what it was, however after three attempts, I have no faith they got it right. Since I basically ended up paying for only the oil change, lesson learned and I will never step foot in their service department again.
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Thanks. I will reach out when ready. Another "coincidence" is that I have a hyper flash with my passenger turn signal ever since their alignment attempt. I wonder if they knocked my hyper flash harness when working on the alignment underneath the knee bolster. Might be completely unrelated.
All the LEDs are still working.
All the LEDs are still working.