who does good alignments?

[mofugga]

i've decided i need to get my car aligned. think it's been like 3yrs:lol:


i forget the name of the shop who most people take their car too so if someone could give me the name and or suggest other reputable shops i'd appreciate it. fyi, i'm not looking for a tire kingdom or any goofyass shop like that;)

also, what is the approx price or what were you charged? i was thinking about taking it to mastro but i'm not sure if i trust opie anymore:lol:

[jaball77]

I took my Miata to Cars & Concepts in Tampa. Really top notch work. The settings were exactly what I asked for, right down to the hundredth of a degree! Plus you can drool over all the pretty BMW's while you're there. :) It's a busy shop so you may have to make an appointment a couple weeks in advance....

I think I paid about $125 after tax.

Cars & Concepts, Inc. (http://www.carsandconcepts.com/)

[chi town brat]

I took my Miata to Cars & Concepts in Tampa. Really top notch work. The settings were exactly what I asked for, right down to the hundredth of a degree! Plus you can drool over all the pretty BMW's while you're there. :) It's a busy shop so you may have to make an appointment a couple weeks in advance....

I think I paid about $125 after tax.

Cars & Concepts, Inc. (http://www.carsandconcepts.com/)

+1 Steve made me very happy there

My hatch performed great on the autox and Sebring course

[burgy240]

I had XAT racing set up mine this week for this weekends autoX event. It was great and about the same price as the afore mentioned. just call them

[Jordan Y.]

I took my old DSM to Cars and Concepts and was pleased with their work. I would recommend them to anybody wanting a good alignment to specific settings. I'm going to have them do my 240 when I get around to changing out some suspension bits.

[mofugga]

thanks guys, yeah, cars & concepts is what i was thinking of, just couldn't remember the name:lol:

[D-Roll]

Took mine to Tire Kingdom, and told em the specs I wanted it set at.

[RedOctober]

How do they properly align your car if it been considerably lowered? I thought that they could only adjust the tow of the wheels? I don't now much about alignments so I'm sorry if my question doesn't make much sense.

[nunyo]

How do they properly align your car if it been considerably lowered? I thought that they could only adjust the tow of the wheels? I don't now much about alignments so I'm sorry if my question doesn't make much sense.

Different cars have different levels of adjustability. What you've probably heard is that with stock suspension, many lowered cars end up at their extreme limits of adjustability to compensate for the reduced ride height. There are various aftermarket parts to help combat that as well. It can be as simple as cam bolts or eccentric bushings or as complex as camber plates and replacement control arms.

[RedOctober]

Different cars have different levels of adjustability. What you've probably heard is that with stock suspension, many lowered cars end up at their extreme limits of adjustability to compensate for the reduced ride height. There are various aftermarket parts to help combat that as well. It can be as simple as cam bolts or eccentric bushings or as complex as camber plates and replacement control arms.

I have had on previous cars adjustable upper control arms to reduce the front camber. But what I was asking earlier was this... When I have taken my car to have it aligned the mechanic told me he couldn't do a proper four wheel alignment due to the fact the car had be lowered. He told me he could only adjust the tow. What I am wondering is, what else could he adjust if my car was at stock ride height?

[nunyo]

Because your car was lowered, most likely the range of adjustment for camber had been maxed out. To be in spec would have required less negative camber than the where it was, but there was no more adjustment possible in the right direction.

Caster is another alignment setting that is possible on a few cars. Probably not the one you were driving.

[RedOctober]

Because your car was lowered, most likely the range of adjustment for camber had been maxed out. To be in spec would have required less negative camber than the where it was, but there was no more adjustment possible in the right direction.

Caster is another alignment setting that is possible on a few cars. Probably not the one you were driving.

Thanks for your input. I do appreciate it. Rep to you sir.