well i went to les schwab today to get my car aligned and then when i got there they tell me that my car is too low and their lasers on the aligner wont clear my front bumper or w/e and that theyd have to take my front bumper off to do it. Then they tell me that they wont take my front bumper off. so i said screw this and im just gonna go to the acura dealership and have them do it after i get my camber kit on.

 

Ok... so whats your point?

 

Why are you going to Les Shwab "Home of the rip off"???? Go to Firestone and get the lifetime alignment package. They aren't great either but it's a hell of a lot cheaper.

 

I've been denied alignments by almost every national retailer. My car is barely even lowered, but they see a Civic with 15 inch rims and they turn you away.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by JDM.K20 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">well i went to les schwab today to get my car aligned and then when i got there they tell me that my car is too low and their lasers on the aligner wont clear my front bumper or w/e and that theyd have to take my front bumper off to do it. Then they tell me that they wont take my front bumper off. so i said screw this and im just gonna go to the acura dealership and have them do it after i get my camber kit on. </TD></TR></TABLE>

Well take your front bumper off then...that's what I had to do. It wouldn't make it up the ramp with it on even with the lip off.

 

or call around and ask other alignment shop.

I had similary problems until I found a shop that was able to do an alignment on my civic.. unfortunetly they are expensive

 

les schwab sucks. I took my car there for a four wheel alignment after I was forced to hit the curb. They told me they cannot get the rear toe to zero. And then after the first try my car just pull to the right, took it back and they only did a front alignemnt and now the car pull to the left! I will never set foot there again

 

Keep going there with complaints until they get sick of you and do your alignment right.

 

ditto

 

im just gonna wait until i get my camber kit on and then go back there. but how am i supposed to know how much to adjust the camber kit in the first place if i havn't done my alignment to tell me how much i need to adjust it!

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by JDM.K20 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">im just gonna wait until i get my camber kit on and then go back there. but how am i supposed to know how much to adjust the camber kit in the first place if i havn't done my alignment to tell me how much i need to adjust it!</TD></TR></TABLE>

All you need to know is how much camber you want to end up with. If you don't have a means of measuring it then changing it yourself will be pointless anyway. Tell then how much camber you want and they will set it.

 

wuts a good amount of camber to have?? my cars dropped rite now with a finger gap between the fender and the tire in the front and back and id like to keep like that

 

The best alignment shops don't even use lasers! Consider yourself lucky.........Good Luck

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by JOE BD-0 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">The best alignment shops don't even use lasers! Consider yourself lucky.........Good Luck</TD></TR></TABLE>

I go to an old shop for my alignment. They do really great work and road test the car to make sure it's driving straight. They have a pit at the front of the work area and you just drive straight out onto the alignment machine, no ramps involved. They have to do the front and rear axle separately (do one end, then turn car around and do the other end), but it still works great.

 

i did my last 2 alignments at les schwab's for 2 different civics.

can't complain....they charged me $45 for the alignment...test drive my car everytime and adjust my camber kits as well. they set my toe to zero as well.

my car is lowered 3" or prolly more...been several months now and there is zero issues with my rubber front/rear

so far i have good experiences with them locally.

 

Sears baby. They don't discriminate, they are everywhere, and my last alignment only took an hour. Plus the guy really knew what he was doing. $60...

 

one time i drove to the alignent shop with no bumper. to have the alignment done.

alot of places dont want to do lowered cars because they dont want to be responsible if they damage anything.

this one place down the block has a pit and pretty much do any car.