Im gonna smash my car through the entrance of Les Schwab Tires. So I drop my car about a month ago and I take it in to get alligned by the geniuses working at Les Schwab Tires. The shop calls me up and says: "Um...yeah, we cant allign your car because we dont have a camber kit big enough to correct it. But we can order the whole kit for you and it will be about $480 with installation." So I say: "Go sit on your $500 camber kit you tool!" and i sucker punched him in the throat! -so I go to ebay, get the whole kit for like $50, and put it on. Yesterday I take it back to get alligned and they call and say: "Um...yeah, we cant allign your car because the back tires are so worn at a bad angle. So you need to get new back tires. But we can order you 2 18" z-rated tires and it will be about $360." So I say: "You fag! I dont want your $400 tires!" As i scissor kicked his ass! So I went and picked up my car. Those bastards are so gay! They will rape you and then take all your money! Boycott Les Schwab Tires! They are horrible! :yell: Anyway, I found these tires and they look bad ass! The tredwear rating is 360 which I guess its really good right? Check them out Are they good tires? |
Originally Posted by Solidus So I drop my car about a month ago and I take it in to get alligned by the geniuses working at Les Schwab Tires. The shop calls me up and says: "Um...yeah, we cant allign your car because we dont have a camber kit big enough to correct it. But we can order the whole kit for you and it will be about $480 with installation." So I say: "Go sit on your $500 camber kit you tool!" and i sucker punched him in the throat! -so I go to ebay, get the whole kit for like $50, and put it on. Yesterday I take it back to get alligned and they call and say: "Um...yeah, we cant allign your car because the back tires are so worn at a bad angle. So you need to get new back tires. But we can order you 2 18" z-rated tires and it will be about $360." So I say: "You fag! I dont want your $400 tires!" As i scissor kicked his ass! So I went and picked up my car. Those bastards are so gay! They will rape you and then take all your money! Boycott Les Schwab Tires! They are horrible! :yell: Anyway, I found these tires and they look bad ass! The tredwear rating is 360 which I guess its really good right? Check them out Are they good tires? dude falken ziex512's are the hawtn3ss!! get them!! |
Originally Posted by Mr.Modify dude falken ziex512's are the hawtn3ss!! get them!! |
Yeah those falkens are good tires. Besides I do not see how having bad tire wear will prevent them from giving you a alignment. |
Originally Posted by MrWong Yeah those falkens are good tires. Besides I do not see how having bad tire wear will prevent them from giving you a alignment. |
call another shop and see if they say the same thing... |
^thats a good idea |
Is it ok if i get only two tires? They said the fronts were fine. |
Yeah, I don't see anything wrong with just getting two tires. I did that for my fiance's integra. |
hahhahahhaha $500 for a camber kit lol :_doh: :rofl: |
yea most tire and brake shops can get camber kits, but you have to pay the retail price for them, and it isnt cheap, it's like $360 for the rear, and $100 for the front. They are most likely trying to make you pay for tires at the retail price. |
I Work at Les Schwab Tires and i can get you a quote for them installed and im pretty sure that $500 is TOTALY incorrect. As for the name Les Schwab they are by far one of the most trust worthy tire shops in the pacfic north west. According to J.D. Power http://www.jdpower.com/awards/indust...ID=791&CatID=1 "Les Schwab continues to dominate in fulfilling and exceeding customer expectations and enjoys a commanding 44 index-point lead over its nearest competitor," Zupancic said. |
And yes to do a PROPER alignment you should have tires on the car that dont have SEVERE uneven wear |
Originally Posted by tfnaaf And yes to do a PROPER alignment you should have tires on the car that dont have SEVERE uneven wear |
Originally Posted by streetglower How the hell does that affect alignment? I have had bald tires before and still got an alignement. Please explain that to me? |
Originally Posted by streetglower How the hell does that affect alignment? I have had bald tires before and still got an alignement. Please explain that to me? As for the front not being good because your rear tires being gone... thats crap. They've got nothing to do with eachother. You can get the front aligned by itself and they never have to touch the back. |
lol -8 that would be crazy. i drove aroud at -2.12 for like a week (camber kit was late) and i tought that sucked. once again i gotta go with tfnaaf severe wear will mess up the align. just get new rears. and make sure the tech is sane. |
Originally Posted by Boilermaker1 If you're running around with -8 degrees of camber for a while, you'll trash the tire. If you then go correct it to -1 or so, you've now got an 8 degree angle on the tire tread... so when they align it, the tire won't sit flat on the road and it won't all make contact. You can try and have them "flipped" so the worn side is on the outside of the tire, then work on the other side if they aren't already completely bald, but thats like a temporary fix. As for the front not being good because your rear tires being gone... thats crap. They've got nothing to do with eachother. You can get the front aligned by itself and they never have to touch the back. |
But from a worn tire standpoint, it doesn't matter. Your rear camber doesn not have any effect on the front of the car. This sounds like they're giving him shit from camber wear. The rear toe isn't uber adjustable, so unless you hit something very hard, it shouldn't get knocked out of wack very far. |
Originally Posted by Boilermaker1 But from a worn tire standpoint, it doesn't matter. Your rear camber doesn not have any effect on the front of the car. This sounds like they're giving him shit from camber wear. The rear toe isn't uber adjustable, so unless you hit something very hard, it shouldn't get knocked out of wack very far. |
www.vulcantire.com has those falkens cheaper i believe.. edit: nvm, i thought the link u provided us was for 16" :_doh: but that shop sounds like thieves, i wouldnt bother comming back at all and spread the word about them with your expierence. thats how you eliminate the horrible shops while the quality ones are at top. |
but if you get rid of those shops, then tfnaaf will be out of a job. |
To me it seems that he was more offended at the fact of having to pay retail, and a proper explanation that should have been given to him in each circumstance, was not. But if the guys at the shop were in fact having an attitude, then the shop is wrong either way. You lose more customers by being rude to 1 customer than the amount you would gain by being perfectly polite (sp) to 20. alingment shops are usually pretty flaky as far as customer service goes anyway. kind like a interior designer, or long time car painters, there brians just seem to function on a whole nether plain of existance. sorry for the rant |
Originally Posted by infinite012 but if you get rid of those shops, then tfnaaf will be out of a job. |
Originally Posted by dragin To me it seems that he was more offended at the fact of having to pay retail, and a proper explanation that should have been given to him in each circumstance, was not. But if the guys at the shop were in fact having an attitude, then the shop is wrong either way. You lose more customers by being rude to 1 customer than the amount you would gain by being perfectly polite (sp) to 20. alingment shops are usually pretty flaky as far as customer service goes anyway. kind like a interior designer, or long time car painters, there brians just seem to function on a whole nether plain of existance. That was the second time I have gone in there and talked to 2 seperate people and they were both complete gerks.
Originally Posted by tfnaaf So maybe its not them that were gay :p And BTW NO tire shop will match what you can buy online, and your $50 figure is :-bs: everybody knows you cant get front and rear camber kits for $50. Let alone installed! Thanks for the comments everyone, atleast I know now that the uneven wear and not being able to allign my car isn't total bs. |
Originally Posted by Solidus Amen to that my man. See the thing that pissed me off is they DID give me attitude. The guy even was like "Well you shouldn't drop your car this much." im like "Blow me tool! Its my car and I pay you to fix the damn thing! So fix it biach!" That was the second time I have gone in there and talked to 2 seperate people and they were both complete gerks. It ended up being $70 for the entire kit and $15 for shipping, and I installed it myself. And the only compliment I got from Les Schwab is "Well at least you bought a good camber kit." So if you think thats :-bs: i can go ahead and send you my paypall receipt if you want. :tup: Thanks for the comments everyone, atleast I know now that the uneven wear and not being able to allign my car isn't total bs. |
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Originally Posted by streetglower did you buy that off ebay or something. Because I have never seen a full camber kit for that price, unless you found a shitty kit, or a used one. Give us the link to where you got it at. |
Originally Posted by Solidus yeah I got it of Ebay. Its an OBX kit, I dunno -it seems great and the guy as Les Shwab said it was good, so i guess its cool. I was stoaked when I found it. Here is the kit: |
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