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Old Jun 21, 2002 | 07:13 AM
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Default Need adivce with alignment-$700 bucks!!!!

Some outfit wants 700 dollars to put new rear arms on my car, new front camber, and align, and labor, 700 bucks total.

Something about two new adjustable rear arms
ball joints up front
labor
alignment

came out to $697.70 total

is this bull ****?

Im only on neuspeed sport springs....HELP ME! Where can i go for a good alignment, Walmart? Sears?
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Old Jun 21, 2002 | 07:29 AM
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im just gonna go get my car back and call some other places.
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Old Jun 21, 2002 | 07:57 AM
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can a shop adjust the alignment enough without a camber kit temporarly? Ive heard people not even needing camber kits up front with the neuspeed sports. Im puzzled
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Old Jun 21, 2002 | 08:37 AM
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700 dollars seems to be way too high.

I know shops that will fix camber, caster, and heel-toe for $200 to $250 the correct way so you don't have to get a camber kit and worry that the ball joint will be knocked out of place someday. The alignment takes a long while though, usually over the course of a weekend if they have customers.

Any normal alignment for just the heel-toe is $40, but i'm no longer gonna get that since my camber and caster are all f*ed up due to an accident a year and a half ago. don't ask.


...and it's spelled "advice"... j/k
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Old Jun 21, 2002 | 09:30 AM
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Can I get by with -1 degree?
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Old Jun 21, 2002 | 09:42 AM
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So take it to a shop, ask them to get it as close to -1 degree as possible? sounds easy, just gotta find a good shop in crappy richmond virginia
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Old Jun 21, 2002 | 10:05 AM
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$700 dollars is friggin outrageous, theyre trying put one on you. take your car elsewhere.
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Old Jun 21, 2002 | 10:30 AM
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Wheres a good place to get an alignment on a lowered car?
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Old Jun 21, 2002 | 04:44 PM
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damn thats a rip off
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Old Jun 22, 2002 | 05:30 AM
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Damn it I ant find anywhere to get it aligned. They keep saying they use factory specs, and my car doesn't have factory specs any more so no go. And then the whole no camber kit thing is bothering me, cause i dont know to order one or not cause i cant check my exact alignment cause these ass hats wont do it.

Any more suggestions for an alignment?
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