Good shop to do lowered car alignment?
05-09-2005, 01:07 PM
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Re: Good shop to do lowered car alignment?
I need to get an alignment done also (I hit the biggest pothole EVER at tysons a little while ago). I'll probably be going to a merchants pretty close to me. A friends dad works there and he really knows his stuff.
06-06-2005, 07:28 AM
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Re: Good shop to do lowered car alignment?
Originally Posted by dabomb156
what about merchants? I heard merchants have good equipment and do a real good job at doing alignment on lowered cars.
06-06-2005, 08:04 AM
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Re: Good shop to do lowered car alignment?
^ thanks. Well I took it to NTB on Saturday (one on port royal rd). Merchants owns NTB so they should be similar. They made me wait 3 hours when they said it would take 1 at the most, and on top of that they couldn't even give me an alignment. They also charged like $214 for a 3-year alignment warranty, that high since I had a modified suspension.
They got it on the ramp fine (hairline, thank god I don't have a lip). But the guy aligning my car was a rookie, couldn't even get that alignment thing on my tires. He could only get 2 hooks in but couldn't get the other two. I got pissed but I had no choice, waisted a whole day b/c they sucked.
So I went to my buddy's house who used to work at another NTB. He said he knows a dude who has a lot of experience and worked with aftermarket suspensions. Got half off ($108 for 3 years) as well as got my car aligned fine
. He did a good job. My toe was way off, and my steering wheel was turned to the left 20 degrees when going straight. Now it's straight. So I think it's not where you take your car to get an alignment, but who. I took it to Sears before and they sucked ass.
They got it on the ramp fine (hairline, thank god I don't have a lip). But the guy aligning my car was a rookie, couldn't even get that alignment thing on my tires. He could only get 2 hooks in but couldn't get the other two. I got pissed but I had no choice, waisted a whole day b/c they sucked.
So I went to my buddy's house who used to work at another NTB. He said he knows a dude who has a lot of experience and worked with aftermarket suspensions. Got half off ($108 for 3 years) as well as got my car aligned fine
. He did a good job. My toe was way off, and my steering wheel was turned to the left 20 degrees when going straight. Now it's straight. So I think it's not where you take your car to get an alignment, but who. I took it to Sears before and they sucked ass.
06-06-2005, 08:21 AM
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Re: Good shop to do lowered car alignment?
Yeah Merchants and NTB are owned by the same company, Tire Kingdom. I would not trust anyone at any Merchants,NTB, Tire Kingdom, Sears or any other shop like that unless you know the person doing it. I dont know where you live, but FCCT(Ferrari's Custom Car and Truck) in sterling can do an alignment on anything, and they are good to. Since i dont have access to a alignment rack anymore im taking my truck to FCCT, bc i know they can do it and do it right.
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