Ok i'm posting this topic for a friend of mine who just got his car alignment done by tire kindom. He knows nothing about cars so he asked me to take a look at it for him, I did and i couldn't believe what I was looking at.

The car is driving down the street straight but the car looks CROOKED way crooked. He is looking for the alignment sheet but any clue as to what could be the problem? quick note i saw the sheet just yesterday and almost every square is Red especially the rear toe is not even displayed on the blockhas an x

 

Looks "crooked"? What do you mean? If it is pulling or there is some other obvious problem tell him to take it back. If he had it in and it still is not right then they will have to deal with it.

The printouts usually show before and after measurements. You would see red squares or numbers, but there should be green ones too (unless the tech didn't save the after measurements and just printed the initial measurements).

Anyway, just take it back.

 

sounds like the steer ahead was'nt done.

 

All the blocks are red except for 2, say you are looking at the car drive away and your directly behind it , it's going straight down the line but the car looks crooked sort of like this / but going straight. he's looking for the sheet.

 

This is what they gave him after they finished ans still charged him...

 

just buy a new car.. jk sorry i dont have any good info for that.

 

Well i just replaced his shocks and springs and checked over everything, he's going to get a camber kit next, we'll what happens but he's about had it with this.

 

The reading don't even look like it's been worked on, it's just the spec on the car as is, maybe the tech forgot to fix it. Otherwise the car is total out of wack,and alot of part are bent.

 

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Oh wow

Even without camber kits, you can still adjust the toe. It looks like they didnt even do anything. Take it back. I just did the alignment on mine and I am lowered 2 inches with a camber kit in back. I still was able to put everything to spec except the front camber, which is ok because the total toe is fine. Take it back and ask them why the measurements are like this.

 

yea he is going to take it back and ask for a refund or try again.

 

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Let me know the outcome, I am curious to see how they handle this.

 

Sounds like a toe problem. Maybe they didn't tighten the rear adjusters back up. My car is sittin 2 inches lower than stock, other than occasional rubbing I can't complain. I have a good alignment guy also. I have a right drift while on the highway, he said it was due to a slightly bowed front lca, I know where the replacements are but 400 is a little steep. Let me know what u find out.