$780 alignment!
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October 04, 2007 05:56 pm UTC
October 04, 2007 05:56 pm UTC
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Richard_Fender
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I just changed my front tie rods and lowered my car 1.5" so I took it in for an alinment. They said usualy they do alignments for $75-$100. The first time they looked at it they told me I needed new ball joints and charged me $40 for the inspectiong. Then I took it in again and they told me I need new inner tie rod ends and they said I will most likely need new caster and camber bolts and camber wedges another $40 inspection.. They quoted me at $780 to $1000 to do the alignment. Seemed a bit crazy to me I was just hoping someone on here could tell me if this all adds up or if they are robbing me here?? If they are anyone know a decent alignment shop I can go to? Thanks
Last edited by Richard_Fender; October 04, 2007 05:56 pm UTC.
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Re: $780 alignment!
[Re: Richard_Fender]
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October 04, 2007 10:29 pm UTC
October 04, 2007 10:29 pm UTC
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Posts: 1,210 Toronto
Chris Poe
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Toronto
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inspection fee? Ridiculous! I've never been charged such thing and
I've gone for many alignments that ended up in "Sorry we can't do it because this and this must be fixed first."
I think even Midas and Crappy Tire don't charge such fees.. (unless things changed since I've last been to them)
grab a manual and find some time. tie rods are easy, Balljoints have to pressed in(on 1G anyway, dont know about 2g) so you have to find somebody with a GOOD press or they'll mess up your control arm like they did mine.
Last edited by Chris Poe; October 04, 2007 10:33 pm UTC.
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Re: $780 alignment!
[Re: Rob Strelecki]
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October 05, 2007 01:10 am UTC
October 05, 2007 01:10 am UTC
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Ghislain Goudreau
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Mmmm ya, I'd go somewhere else. I'm the type that does most of my own maintenance and does not mind to pay for what I can't do myself. I really check out more than one shop before I cough up some "dough". A good alignment shop is what you want. Now some shop will charge for a alignment check which does not include too much time for adjsutments, especialy of you need lots of corrections. They have to check before they can correct any diffiencies or to correct if you just drop your car. Now I would not want to have a shop correct any difficiencies if one of the Suspension/Steering components would be loose or worn out. The work would have to be redone once the part is replaced. One thing that you can do is to go over the Suspension/Steering systems and make sure that nothing is loose or worn. Repalace what you find wrong and then bring the Sled in for alignment. And btw; ^^^ 2G ball joints are built into the control arms and are not serviceable. Front Upper Balljoint are replaceable on the 2G. Moog sells them for about $40. Hope this helps. Ghislain.
Last edited by Ghislain Goudreau; October 05, 2007 01:14 am UTC.
Rouge!!!
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