SELLERSRODSHOP
Well-Known Member
to find a decent alignment shop close to home? out of five that are close & do alignments, two have tried to screw me in the past so they are out. one tried selling me balljoints on my truck. they had already loosened the upper arms,took the shims out & then proceeded to show me the slop in the wheel. to add insult to injury, after I caught the balljoint act, they tried to charge me an extra $90 to install new shims above the normal alignment cost. when I questioned that, they tried telling me the front was so far out, they had to install "special" shims to correct it. I blew a head gasket & they fixed the bill. not going back there...
the second shop was to align the mustang last summer after I rebuilt everything underneath. kept it almost a week then said they couldn't do it unless I bought a new steering box. WTF?
called the third today & was informed that they cant do anything older than 1974 due to not having specs on anything older. told the guy "no problem, I have my own specs I want it set at". he then told me he couldn't do that, they go by factory specs only. heck, just say up front if your guy isn't smart enough to do an older car....
the other two are goodyear, which i'm not a big fan of their service, & budget brakes which probably couldn't tell the front end of the car from the rear.
I know eventually i'll end up buying the stuff to do it myself, but don't have that kind of money in my "play fund" right now so was hoping to get it done one more time without having to drive 25-30 mi on these new tires to get it done. :rant
the second shop was to align the mustang last summer after I rebuilt everything underneath. kept it almost a week then said they couldn't do it unless I bought a new steering box. WTF?
called the third today & was informed that they cant do anything older than 1974 due to not having specs on anything older. told the guy "no problem, I have my own specs I want it set at". he then told me he couldn't do that, they go by factory specs only. heck, just say up front if your guy isn't smart enough to do an older car....
the other two are goodyear, which i'm not a big fan of their service, & budget brakes which probably couldn't tell the front end of the car from the rear.
I know eventually i'll end up buying the stuff to do it myself, but don't have that kind of money in my "play fund" right now so was hoping to get it done one more time without having to drive 25-30 mi on these new tires to get it done. :rant