4 wheel alignment

[M15ley]

Hope you chaps can help. I need a four wheel alignment doing on my M3. Was previously done by a main dealer (stupid money) but new tyres appear to have knocked it out slightly.

Any recommendations

[tvrbob]

Falcon Engineering on Skippers Lane, Middlesbough can do this. They speciallise in track car preparation so road car alignment should be simple for them

Tel [phone]

[alan c]

Had my Griff done at tyrex Pityme Duram.But my Dad got his car done at a tyre garage at
Leadgate Consett cant't recall name but next to number 1 ind. est. for half the price

[djroadboy]

If your M3 has 19" wheels then a lot of places will struggle as most equpiment doesn't cater for wheels that big.

Definitely worth checking.

Where abouts are you?

Dan@JPS

[M15ley]

Quite right, 19" boolers do appear to be causing a bit of an issue. I'm in Gateshead BTW.

[GSCollie]

Are the places mentioned laser allignment or just manual?

Need to find somewhere local otherwise its a trip to the Midlands for the nearest laser installation for my car and it has 19's as well.

[alan c]

Both places I mentioned are laser

[GSCOllie]

alan c said:

Both places I mentioned are laser

Thanks Alan C. Can you remember the name of the place your father went to since your last post?

[alan c]

Hi.
Tryex 0191 3849887.
Derwent Tyres (Leadgate Consett) 01207 592036.
Pay to give them a call first to make sure they can do what you want the Griff runs on 16" rims

[GSCollie]

alan c said:

Hi.
Tryex 0191 3849887.
Derwent Tyres (Leadgate Consett) 01207 592036.
Pay to give them a call first to make sure they can do what you want the Griff runs on 16" rims

Good point, I run on 19" Sportecs, may cause some trouble.

[M15ley]

It turns out that KwikFit on Scotswood road have a 'Hunter' 4 wheel laser alignment machine. Question is would you let KwikFit touch the suspension on your car or would you be worried about ending up in a hedge 10 minutes after you left the place?

[tvrbob]

M15ley said:

Question is would you let KwikFit touch the suspension on your car?

No I don't think I would. For a start you'll be driving away with your steering wheel misaligned because they can't be bothered to adjust two track rod ends when one will do.