Too low to get on alignment machine?
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Too low to get on alignment machine? anyone know if your car is lowered will they say your car's too low and can't get it on the machine? like say for a car with a ONE finger gap.
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yep. i had that problem at goodyear. those fuckers don't deserve my business though. they dented my fender.
i went to my local speed shop to get an alignment. they usually charge $10 more for something that is lowered to 1 finger gap.
i went to my local speed shop to get an alignment. they usually charge $10 more for something that is lowered to 1 finger gap.
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Rep Power: 296 old thread...but i just called Goodyear and they said they wont even try to do my alignment. they said there isn't any specs to align it to...WTF does that mean? lol
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Rep Power: 296 yeah..i called midas and they said they wouldn't touch it either..i asked if i could drive it on the machine they said no way..lol
sears says they MIGHT be able to do it
sears says they MIGHT be able to do it
Our old rack was a bitch, it was angled up, and had the center jacks in the middle, where a lot of lowered stuff would hit. Now we have a rack flush in the ground, and haven't had any problems with any of the hot rods and dropped vehicles that we do.
http://www.hunter.com/pub/product/racks/4715T/index.htm
Scroll dow to the flush mount RX-P rack, that's what we have.
http://www.hunter.com/pub/product/racks/4715T/index.htm
Scroll dow to the flush mount RX-P rack, that's what we have.
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Rep Power: 380 You have to realize that alot of places dont want to work on lowered cars simply because of the liability. it isnt that they cant do the alignemt, they just dont want to have to deal with the extra hassle that a lowered car brings.
Originally Posted by Zzyzx
You have to realize that alot of places dont want to work on lowered cars simply because of the liability. it isnt that they cant do the alignemt, they just dont want to have to deal with the extra hassle that a lowered car brings.
Exactly!!! We do a lot of them, lifted or lowered, custom hot rods, whatever. On the real high dollar stuff, you just take your time. And we can plug in any specs we want into the machine.
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Rep Power: 0 yup. Luckily the place I go to is cool as hell. They do any alignment, mostly on stock cars though. They do a great job, they align, drive it, and realign it again. Only 60-70 bucks to do it, and they never give me a prob. Midas can do it, I have a friend that works there, and whenever I need a lift, I bring my car, drive it in myself, jack it up, and slide the lift under it.
When I get alignments (not at midas, I do not trust them at all), they set my rear to -1 degree camber as well, they have no probs doing whatever specs you want.
When I get alignments (not at midas, I do not trust them at all), they set my rear to -1 degree camber as well, they have no probs doing whatever specs you want.
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Originally Posted by nitroal1973
Our old rack was a bitch, it was angled up, and had the center jacks in the middle, where a lot of lowered stuff would hit. Now we have a rack flush in the ground, and haven't had any problems with any of the hot rods and dropped vehicles that we do.
http://www.hunter.com/pub/product/racks/4715T/index.htm
Scroll dow to the flush mount RX-P rack, that's what we have.
http://www.hunter.com/pub/product/racks/4715T/index.htm
Scroll dow to the flush mount RX-P rack, that's what we have.
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Rep Power: 327 Find a shop that has a Pit to do alignments. Our Alignment machine is set up in a pit and there are very few lowered cars we cant align, and we dont charge extra for. Usually it runs into an issue with sitting low and front lower spoiler of body kits that gets in the way. But its rare, the car damn near has to be scraping running down the road for us to not be able to align it.
Originally Posted by VNlilMAN
thats badd a$$, only if I could find a shop down here that has it
Yeah, unfortunately there isn't too many yet, mostly in stores that are being built. It was expensive to dig out the bay and pour new mud, but it has been well worth it.
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