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Old 24-04-2013, 11:32 AM
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Default rs turbo alighnment measurements

hi all

Have just been to my local garage to get my wheel alignment done and because the age of the car they didnt have measurements on there system

can anyone confirm the measurements i need to get it spot on?

any help is appreciated

many thanks
Old 24-04-2013, 11:57 AM
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wow they must be a really shit garage , every car has the same sort of measurments , aslong as its within the range

A car is a car
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it was Kwik fit -so your not wrong there
Old 24-04-2013, 12:27 PM
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When i had my old one done about three year they just done it they must be retards. Dont tell me you payed for it.
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i have no idea mate why they didnt know, and no i didnt
Old 24-04-2013, 04:35 PM
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Originally Posted by marc_gti
i have no idea mate why they didnt know, and no i didnt
similar story with bush tyres although they did the alignment no bother. it was the fact they left the steering rack gaitors twisted enough to split come the next mot. on which it failed. wankers, I would have gone back and demanded they cover the cost of the mot had I kept the invoice. kwik fit are full of jobsworths aswell by all accounts.
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Originally Posted by marc_gti
it was Kwik fit -so your not wrong there
Come to Swindon, Imperial tyres do laser wheel alignment tracking etc. A very well known company, and the place to take your car..... Sod letting kiwk fit touching a car like that.
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go to another place kwik fit can be full of idiots. They only do easy repairs they don't know why they are setting up your wheel alignment. Somebody that does can do the work much better
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Originally Posted by RSmark84
Come to Swindon, Imperial tyres do laser wheel alignment tracking etc. A very well known company, and the place to take your car..... Sod letting kiwk fit touching a car like that.

Yeah Marc come to Swindon but instead of Imperial go to Formula 1 auto centre because they're cheaper!
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Wheres that, near Greenbridge?
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Originally Posted by RSmark84
Wheres that, near Greenbridge?
Elgin industrial estate right by Imperial. They charged me £30 to sort the alignment on my MK6 Escort.
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But surely you adjust it by what the computer laser tells you to.
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Originally Posted by Louis_RST
Elgin industrial estate right by Imperial. They charged me £30 to sort the alignment on my MK6 Escort.
Cheers i'll bare that in mind.

Also, Marc?

https://passionford.com/forum/was-it...o-swindon.html


did you come to Swindon in the end?
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