Alignment shops for lowered cars?
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Re: Alignment shops for lowered cars?
i'm too lazy to change the alignment on my car for track days,so i just leave it
my last set of tires had a 320 treadwear rating,and they've got 25k street miles on them so far.they're gradually worn less than 1/32" more on the inside edge,smoothly from the outside edge.i'd say they have 5k more miles left on them.i'm happy with that.
Chris
my last set of tires had a 320 treadwear rating,and they've got 25k street miles on them so far.they're gradually worn less than 1/32" more on the inside edge,smoothly from the outside edge.i'd say they have 5k more miles left on them.i'm happy with that.
Chris
Well i cant blame you, changing alignments just for a track day is a pain only to realign the day after.
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Re: Alignment shops for lowered cars?
obviously my wear would be much faster with a lower treadwear tire-that kinds of goes without saying.i've seen much faster wear on Azenis,but my point was more that you can run pretty extreme camber and it not affect the tire wear too much as far as uneven wear.
i see so many people wearing out hard street tires in 5k-10k miles,and they blame it on camber or assume that having a lowered car just eats tires regardless.
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Re: Alignment shops for lowered cars?
Hey jammin you work for cav right off 220 bypass...
And for the record Roanoke Auto Spring works charged 15 bucks for my front end 30 for awd aligment and they had an slammed truck in there beside mine...no problems
And for the record Roanoke Auto Spring works charged 15 bucks for my front end 30 for awd aligment and they had an slammed truck in there beside mine...no problems
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Re: Alignment shops for lowered cars?
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Re: Alignment shops for lowered cars?
They have really cracked down on the inspection stuff. So much so
somtimes i don't know if it's worth doing them any more. But we have customers to service and they all want that sticker on there windshield!
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Re: Alignment shops for lowered cars?
Im not starting another thread. But I need a shop that aligns lowered cars in the christiansburg area...possibly even roanoke. I had my car aligned at a place back home and as soon as the guy asked how to turn the car off (because of the turbo timer) I knew he was going to fuck something up. Sure enough its been about 2 months and the inside on the rear tires are almost gone and the car rides like shit. Anybody have a favorite or actually work at a shop?
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Re: Alignment shops for lowered cars?
I know South Main can do it, but it depends if there is a tech there anymore that will do them. I did cars with 2" of ground clearance on their rack easily. They have the DSP heads, so cross view is not a problem like an optical machine.
Thompson Tire has the new High Def DSP heads on their Hunter, as does Firestone. Whether or not they will try to get a car on and do a full alignment is another story.
When my new facility is finished, I will have absolutely no ground clearance issues (we recessed the lift into the floor, you drive straight onto it with no ramps.) But that is about three months out.
Thompson Tire has the new High Def DSP heads on their Hunter, as does Firestone. Whether or not they will try to get a car on and do a full alignment is another story.
When my new facility is finished, I will have absolutely no ground clearance issues (we recessed the lift into the floor, you drive straight onto it with no ramps.) But that is about three months out.