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Off there in the morning to give the Cerb a major geo and handling sort out, I've heard very good reports about them including by brother who had his Noble track car setup there.
There quoting 10 - 12 hours to get it sorted ! Going to be an interesting day to say the least !
Anybody been ?
There quoting 10 - 12 hours to get it sorted ! Going to be an interesting day to say the least !
Anybody been ?
ks, yes I am in the trade yes I work on tvr's and yes I've been doing 4 wheel alignments for 11years
they do indeed do more, have a good day Tang Soo Tim I'm very interested to know how they spend nearly 2 days on a car. Do they have their own car/damper shaker rig or do they individually test each damper on a damper dyno to make sure they are a matched pair across both axles? or test track and go out and assess the performance/predictability of changes they make and then gradually evolve the car to their satisfaction, then fine tune that based on allowing the owner to drive the car on the test facility, finely honing it until the owner is satisfied? For 12 hours I would hope it's something like that!
Have you done anything in preparation for your visit?
It would make sense to have replaced any parts known to be worn first, otherwise a significant part of your bill will be for replacing track rods, drag link bushes etc. that you could have done yourself - assuming you work on you car.
It would make sense to have replaced any parts known to be worn first, otherwise a significant part of your bill will be for replacing track rods, drag link bushes etc. that you could have done yourself - assuming you work on you car.
spitfire4v8 said:
I'm very interested to know how they spend nearly 2 days on a car. Do they have their own car/damper shaker rig or do they individually test each damper on a damper dyno to make sure they are a matched pair across both axles? or test track and go out and assess the performance/predictability of changes they make and then gradually evolve the car to their satisfaction, then fine tune that based on allowing the owner to drive the car on the test facility, finely honing it until the owner is satisfied? For 12 hours I would hope it's something like that!
All of the above 
They have there own shaker/damper rig, very strange watching car moving about ! All shocks are being balanced, long test drive with Chris first thing on motorway, B roads, cobble streets speed bumps. hands off steering wheel testing movement of car in straight line and under acceleration / braking ect.
His description of car was it just felt loose which is a great way of putting it, as my description was it just doesn't feel planted.
Long conversation then about my thoughts on cars handling and how I wanted it to handle.
The car had previously been setup last year by a known dealer but has never impressed me with the way it handles, always feels a little skittish and never felt confident with it.
Car is being setup for fast road use with road tests through the day.
All I can say at this stage is this is no simple geo setup !! I'm impressed already and looking forward to seeing how the day progresses, I'm sat watching Chris work through window in waiting room and he's not stood around with his fingers up his ......
Fantastic chap with great knowledge, at the end of the day it comes down to the difference when I drive the car home but I have no doubt in my mind there is going to be major improvements !
New protech twin adjustables all round with all bushes ect sound
same for my Griff, for what you get it's a bloody bargain Well what a fantastic day that went wrong after lunch ..... All I needed to do was pop to a local main dealer to pick up a new wishbone I needed that was in stock ....needless to say it wasn't 
While car was in Chris even turned the front shocks over giving better access to adjusters and is also fitting the new wishbone when it arrives ! All as part of the deal
It's been a huge eye opener regarding setting a car to handle on normal roads and not just setting geo, I took a gamble going there with the extra cost involved but can safely say its been worth every penny.
Ill be heading back over once new wishbone is fitted for last road tests and setup and report back then with photos and my final opinion.
While car was in Chris even turned the front shocks over giving better access to adjusters and is also fitting the new wishbone when it arrives ! All as part of the deal
It's been a huge eye opener regarding setting a car to handle on normal roads and not just setting geo, I took a gamble going there with the extra cost involved but can safely say its been worth every penny.
Ill be heading back over once new wishbone is fitted for last road tests and setup and report back then with photos and my final opinion.
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