Warning to all do not goto Wheel Works San Jose on Winfield.

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Dec 7, 2002

speedracersong

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quick question please dont move

hi i know this is supposed to goto suspension...
but its slow there
i just came back from wheel works because my car was hooking to the right even after alignment.
the guys said it was because of my caster... true?
my car was hooking to the left before i got new tires...

edit...
they just called me..
wheelworks: yeah we found out that ur car has uneven wear on the tires...
me: how did that happen?
ww: not balanced correctly or wrong inflation...
me: so that means my tires have premature wear on them and i need to get my tires replaced.
ww: umm. umm. let me check with manager on that and ill call u back.

time to find a new shop thats not full of incompetent people...
so pissed.

Dec 7, 2002

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do you mean camber? If you lowered your car or messed with the shocks/springs, it may need to be readjusted

Dec 7, 2002

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geez man, stop with the whoring

there's at least 10 threads with thumbs up as replies
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Dec 7, 2002

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i havent lowered my car yet.
i just got new tires.

warning to all do not goto Wheel Works San Jose on Winfield.

Dec 7, 2002

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Well screw that, I'm not going there now. [IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-mad.gif[/IMG]

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Caster would be weird.. though I'm no alignement expert. The best way to describe caster is by visualizing a shopping cart's front wheels, which is negative caster. Its mainly used for directional stability(as in driving forward), rather than side stability. Thats why it sounds werid that WheelWorks would say that... again though I'm no expert. Maybe the dood was testing you, or didnt know his job. I'm leaning towards the latter...

Tell those guys to align it for now, and you'll get some tires later.

Dec 7, 2002

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You should post this in your local forum also.

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Did you hit a curb? If so I'm sure they were telling the truth.

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I would switch your two front tires around, you could have tred sepration (spelling?). If your car pull the oppsite direction its your tires other wise yes it your balance. Rember your tires can look brand new on the outside but be bad on the inside.