4 wheel alignment in EA? - petrol head friendly!

4 wheel alignment in EA? - petrol head friendly!

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Utterpiffle

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831 posts

180 months

Wednesday 14th June 2017
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Hi all,

Fed up with scrubbing the inside of my tyres due to the camber, I've spend a huge amount of money on some trick custom control arms for the AMG. Camber, toe and drop links for the rear, camber for the front.
I'm going to fit them in the next couple of weeks, which I am assuming is not going to be a 5 minute job, and I then need someone to align the car. I'll adjust them to approximately the length of the ones that come off, but no doubt the car will still be miles off.
Can someone please recommend a company that would be sympathetic to the parts I've fitted? Preferably within about 50 miles of Bungay.
Thanks!



Jakg

3,463 posts

168 months

Wednesday 14th June 2017
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I've tried (and failed) with a lot of garages that do wheel alignment around here.

Most of the better quality places (i.e. that I would trust to do any serious work on my car) don't have the equipment needed.

The best places I've found are STS Tyre Pros - they all (or at least the ones I've been to) have the Hunter Hawkeye system and from what I've seen you can't do it wrong even if you try.

Not sure what they'd do if you turned up with a bunch of non-standard parts wanting non-standard geometry though.

Utterpiffle

Original Poster:

831 posts

180 months

Wednesday 14th June 2017
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Jakg said:
Not sure what they'd do if you turned up with a bunch of non-standard parts wanting non-standard geometry though.
Yeah, that's exactly the point. I need to find someone who actually understands what they are doing, rather than someone who knows how to operate a machine.

JKING

810 posts

162 months

Wednesday 14th June 2017
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Auto-Test behind Norwich airport

http://autotest.boschauto.co.uk/

fast eddys

1,145 posts

201 months

Wednesday 14th June 2017
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Yep, Autotest on 01603 410834. Ask for Dave

Eddy

Utterpiffle

Original Poster:

831 posts

180 months

Thursday 15th June 2017
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Brilliant, thanks gents.

andycaca

460 posts

128 months

Thursday 29th June 2017
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autotest alignment gear is sunk into a flat floor, so they can align the lowest of cars. im booked in next month for a race setup smile