Where to go for wheel alignment?

[petrolveins]

Hi Everyone,

Just had my car back from a service, my mechanic thinks the toe angle needs adjusting on the car. Where is a good place to go? I don't actually know of anywhere that does it, I'm in Woking, but don't mind travelling around the county. Where do you guys recommend and how much will it cost?

Tom

[playalistic]

http://www.alignmycar.co.uk

Search for your local hunter equipped place plus they have a £5 off voucher

I use wheels in motion but they're a bit far from you, depending on how serious you are on the subject (not many better IMO)

[edc]

Front toe is simple to adjust. Merityre st johns or martins tyres west end.

[Ston]

http://www.ambassadorcoachworks.co.uk/

They have a Hunter system and did my 5.7 VXR just this week. A bit pricy but very good friendly service. They proactively contacted Hunter to get the right settings for the car and gave me a full print out before and after.

[petrolveins]

Ston said:

http://www.ambassadorcoachworks.co.uk/

They have a Hunter system and did my 5.7 VXR just this week. A bit pricy but very good friendly service. They proactively contacted Hunter to get the right settings for the car and gave me a full print out before and after.

How much did you pay? They've quoted me £102 all in to do my 3-Series, seems steep.

[NormanD]

edc said:

Front toe is simple to adjust. Merityre st johns or martins tyres west end.

I get my tyres from Martins and tracking at StJones

[petrolveins]

NormanD said:

I get my tyres from Martins and tracking at StJones

I've used Martins for years, wouldn't go anywhere else. Often matches online prices for tyres, and even fixed a corroded wheel for me for £5 once, I thought I needed a new tyre, nice little surprise.

[GeoffW]

petrolveins said:

How much did you pay? They've quoted me £102 all in to do my 3-Series, seems steep.

I can recommend Merityre, although I use the Bagshot not the Woking branch. They do the alignment on my race car (woohoo, lucky me) every other month so you could say I'm a regular customer of theirs. Well, compared to most anyway.

They have a full four wheel laser alignment system and will do an alignment check for free (use the voucher from their website or ask nicely) and then charge about £65 IIRC for any changes required - last time round, this meant toe and camber adjustments on every corner on my car.

You also get a before & after printout of all the settings.

[vescaegg]

HI-Q in Weybridge (near Brooklands) did my car all round (laser alignment) for £40. Took about 30 mins. Car felt totally different afterwards - I dont think it had been done since bought new by someone!

[MX-5 Lazza]

Only 30 minutes and £40? What car do you have and what adjustments are available?
My MX-5 has adjustable front toe, camber & castor and rear toe & camber. It's never taken much than less an hour to get it all adjusted right and always costs around £100. Mind you, I do get it set to much tighter tolerances than Mazda suggest. I always use Wheels in Motion. It's a bit of a trek but they know their stuff.