How to find GOOD wheel alignment places?
Discussion
Hey folks,
I’ve had some alignment issues lately on my mk7 Fiesta ST (bloody potholes…). Tried to cheap out on the re-alignment job by getting it done at a Phillip’s Tyres - my local one are typically great for simple stuff and have the full Hunter kit - but they seem to have made it even worse.
Lesson learned.
Part of the reason I went for the cheap option is that I couldn’t find somewhere more specialised. So hence the title - I’m keen for some advice on how to find some alignment specialists.
I live in Oxford, in case anyone has any specific recommendations. But otherwise, I kinda just want to know what to look for! Googling it just brings up endless lists of generic tyre and wheel garages.
I’ve had some alignment issues lately on my mk7 Fiesta ST (bloody potholes…). Tried to cheap out on the re-alignment job by getting it done at a Phillip’s Tyres - my local one are typically great for simple stuff and have the full Hunter kit - but they seem to have made it even worse.
Lesson learned.
Part of the reason I went for the cheap option is that I couldn’t find somewhere more specialised. So hence the title - I’m keen for some advice on how to find some alignment specialists.
I live in Oxford, in case anyone has any specific recommendations. But otherwise, I kinda just want to know what to look for! Googling it just brings up endless lists of generic tyre and wheel garages.
LennyM1984 said:
I couldn't find any decent reliable places in Oxfordshire when I was having issues with my Porsche alignment and so eventually took it to center gravity an hour or so away.
That’s fine to be honest, I really don’t mind travelling for somewhere that’ll do it right. I travel almost two hours for my fave MX5 specialist…That said - if anyone knows somewhere good, closer, I won’t say no :P
Hey folks, thought I’d circle back here as after a couple of months of frustration I finally got things fixed.
After visiting no less than 3 different tyre shops to get alignment done, all of them just making the car wrong in a whole new way, I finally took the advice of one user here and visited Spires Technologies in Leamington Spa.
Turns out the rear beam was totally wonky. Every other place either didn’t notice or said it can’t be adjusted, mentioned that to Matt and he just said “well, that’s why you need to take it somewhere proper.”
So every time an alignment was done by the cheap places they were just avoiding the main issue and making it wrong in a new way each time.
It’s totally dead straight now and feels so good!
So thanks for the advice and let this be a lesson in the value of proper setup and geometry specialists. They may be like 3-4x the price of a basic alignment, but when you’ve got a non standard problem they’re a must!
After visiting no less than 3 different tyre shops to get alignment done, all of them just making the car wrong in a whole new way, I finally took the advice of one user here and visited Spires Technologies in Leamington Spa.
Turns out the rear beam was totally wonky. Every other place either didn’t notice or said it can’t be adjusted, mentioned that to Matt and he just said “well, that’s why you need to take it somewhere proper.”
So every time an alignment was done by the cheap places they were just avoiding the main issue and making it wrong in a new way each time.
It’s totally dead straight now and feels so good!
So thanks for the advice and let this be a lesson in the value of proper setup and geometry specialists. They may be like 3-4x the price of a basic alignment, but when you’ve got a non standard problem they’re a must!
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