Dieselman
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Any printout.?
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wheels-inmotion
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Unlikely.... I don't know of any laser aligners that provide a printout.
I asked a manufactureur about this some years ago and the reason they don't fit them is that tyre centres won't buy it? now that is scary.
Dieselman
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What is meant by a laser aligner and any other type.
What method is your Hunter rig?
What method is your Hunter rig?
Yes I got a printout
DSLiverpool
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Local specialist in Wirral says free check and £20 if needed adjustment, 4 wheel laser machine she said (?)
wheels-inmotion
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But laser is linear and only measures in one dimension.... The car is adjustable in three dimensions, what about the other angles.
DSLiverpool
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Yer your right but where is a directory of such equipped workplaces ?
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Is it possible that centres saying they have laser aligning equipment really mean full geometry equipment, but think the public are impressed by the word laser.?
DSLiverpool
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I think your right
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hi, new user and i know this is a old thread~!
However i was searching on internet for a place to do the 4 wheel alinment including camber etc on two cars of mine.
One being a skyline and the other being a E class merc.
Anyway i came accross this thread so took my cars to the above listed garage, 'tyre r us'
I arrive and they cant get either car on the ramp. Granted the skyline maybe lower than most cars but the merc at standard merc height wont fit on either?
apart from that i have a 4 poster ramp myself and bothe cars drive straight on that! i was supprised to see just how high there ramp was.
Anyway no issues, they send us on to a partner place in west brom. The merc is first up and drives straight on the ramp, they connect the laser bits to the wheels and i ask them to confirm that there machine does , "toe, camber, caster, etc"
Well it was on there less than 2 mins??? i think to myself that was quick! they never weighted the drivers side etc.
Anyway the skyline was next, i know this car is well out as i had rebuilt the car a few weeks before and aligned the wheels by eye! yes eye!
So its on the ramp and its to low? Im amazed at this as the last garage didn't have a issue?
So i remove the front spliter for them with difficulty as the garge didn't even own a 10mm socket!!! A 10 mm spanner was the best they could find.
Next up they make some adjustments to the front but then they cant adjust the rears due to some under trays? (again the last place didnt have issues!)
So i say i will remove the undertray for them (only 8x 10mm bolts so maybe 1 minute max? ) They say i cant do this on there ramp and im costing them money having the car on there ramp. Well **** me, 1 minute of there time maybe but im prepared to pay for what needs doing, so they send me on my way telling me i have to remove the undertray at home.
I drove for 1 hour to get to this garage as they said they could do it!
They could not!
And the merc that they did first the put the wrong setting into the computer! I got home and read the report and they have tracked it as a C class, not a E class! they never waited the seat and only adjusted the front of the car? what about the camber, caster that i know is not correct.
Im not happy and wont be returning to the joke of a outfit!
Sorry that my first post is a moaning post!
However i was searching on internet for a place to do the 4 wheel alinment including camber etc on two cars of mine.
One being a skyline and the other being a E class merc.
Anyway i came accross this thread so took my cars to the above listed garage, 'tyre r us'
I arrive and they cant get either car on the ramp. Granted the skyline maybe lower than most cars but the merc at standard merc height wont fit on either?
apart from that i have a 4 poster ramp myself and bothe cars drive straight on that! i was supprised to see just how high there ramp was.
Anyway no issues, they send us on to a partner place in west brom. The merc is first up and drives straight on the ramp, they connect the laser bits to the wheels and i ask them to confirm that there machine does , "toe, camber, caster, etc"
Well it was on there less than 2 mins??? i think to myself that was quick! they never weighted the drivers side etc.
Anyway the skyline was next, i know this car is well out as i had rebuilt the car a few weeks before and aligned the wheels by eye! yes eye!
So its on the ramp and its to low? Im amazed at this as the last garage didn't have a issue?
So i remove the front spliter for them with difficulty as the garge didn't even own a 10mm socket!!! A 10 mm spanner was the best they could find.
Next up they make some adjustments to the front but then they cant adjust the rears due to some under trays? (again the last place didnt have issues!)
So i say i will remove the undertray for them (only 8x 10mm bolts so maybe 1 minute max? ) They say i cant do this on there ramp and im costing them money having the car on there ramp. Well **** me, 1 minute of there time maybe but im prepared to pay for what needs doing, so they send me on my way telling me i have to remove the undertray at home.
I drove for 1 hour to get to this garage as they said they could do it!
They could not!
And the merc that they did first the put the wrong setting into the computer! I got home and read the report and they have tracked it as a C class, not a E class! they never waited the seat and only adjusted the front of the car? what about the camber, caster that i know is not correct.
Im not happy and wont be returning to the joke of a outfit!
Sorry that my first post is a moaning post!
The only place I know in the midlands that does it properly is
center gravity : suspension & geometry tuning
You will be waiting months to get an appointment though.
center gravity : suspension & geometry tuning
You will be waiting months to get an appointment though.
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Folks, wheels in motion is all I have to say. No one else is touching alignment on my Mercs now (and definitely not a dealer). It is worth the trip. Bottom line is don't let the monkey with a spanner near your car, even if the tools look good!
