 Anyone know of a good alignment shop in so cal? |
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| dw914er |
 Mar 30 2009, 08:48 PM
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Planning Cities  Group: Members Posts: 2,365 Joined: 1-March 08 From: Yucaipa, CA Member No.: 8,763 Region Association: Southern California  |
After I put on the 205-50-15s on my 914, I noticed that I need an alignment bad (negative camber made the tire rub on the inside fender)
Anyone know of a good on in so cal? Right now the car is in Yucaipa, so I don't want to have to take it too far. I've added the shim's to the rear, and thats helped stop the rubbing, but its not nearly as precise as it should be. Thanks, Ben Matlock |
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| jim_hoyland |
Mar 30 2009, 08:52 PM
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Get that VIN ? Group: Members Posts: 10,041 Joined: 1-May 03 From: Sunset Beach, CA Member No.: 643 Region Association: Southern California 
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J.C's Alignments
7542 Warner Ave # 111 About 2 blocks west of Beach Blvd by the R/R tracks Huntington Beach, CA 92647 (714) 841-1285 He has the latest equipment and the 914 in in his program. Preety nice guy, reasonable prices; he does work saturdays by appt only. |
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| yeahmag |
Mar 30 2009, 09:04 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,479 Joined: 18-April 05 From: Pasadena, CA Member No.: 3,946 Region Association: Southern California
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| johnnie5 |
Mar 30 2009, 09:13 PM
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914 lover Group: Members Posts: 375 Joined: 14-October 08 From: San Diego, CA Member No.: 9,644 Region Association: Southern California |
Jae Lee/Mirage Intl. Off of Miramar Rd. here in San Diego. Porsche only, mostly race cars. Alignment and corner balancing around $450...
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| craig downs |
Mar 30 2009, 09:25 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 769 Joined: 25-November 05 From: mira loma ca. Member No.: 5,189 Region Association: Southern California |
I just got mine aligned this weekend at Buds Tire and Service in Riverside. Manny knows how to align our cars and does a good job.
Buds Tires and Service 8651 Indiana Riverside, Ca. You take 91 west to Adams, left on the 2nd light and turn right, down about 1/2 mile to Monroe. There on the corner of Indiana & Monroe. Make sure you ask for Manny. |
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| dw914er |
Mar 30 2009, 10:10 PM
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Planning Cities Group: Members Posts: 2,365 Joined: 1-March 08 From: Yucaipa, CA Member No.: 8,763 Region Association: Southern California |
$450 is alot of money to me
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| KaptKaos |
Mar 30 2009, 10:13 PM
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Family Group: Members Posts: 4,009 Joined: 23-April 03 From: Near Wausau Member No.: 607 Region Association: Upper MidWest |
Alex at Precision Tech in Culver City.
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| Heeltoe914 |
Mar 30 2009, 10:15 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,135 Joined: 31-January 06 From: Tujunga Calif, Member No.: 5,506 |
QUOTE(KaptKaos @ Mar 30 2009, 09:13 PM)  Alex at Precision Tech in Culver City. Great guy to have the work done and he knows 914s. 310 822 4566 |
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| dlo914 |
Mar 30 2009, 11:18 PM
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Whatchu' lookin' at?!?! Group: Members Posts: 3,433 Joined: 6-September 04 From: San Gabriel, CA Member No.: 2,697 |
Two Recommendations:
Monterey Alignment or Firestone Tires & Service IIRC they have their "Premium Alignment" service with a lifetime warranty for as long as you own the vehicle. For around $200 and you can get your car aligned whenever you'd like and only pay once. |
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| johnnie5 |
Mar 31 2009, 09:56 AM
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914 lover Group: Members Posts: 375 Joined: 14-October 08 From: San Diego, CA Member No.: 9,644 Region Association: Southern California |
QUOTE(dw914er @ Mar 30 2009, 09:10 PM) $450 is alot of money to me Me too! My good friend Mark, who has owned and operated Performance Independent Porsche here in San Diego for over 30 years, referred me to Jae Lee at Mirage. Mark told me 'full alignment' was around $300 with corner balancing (so he thought). But when I got to Jae's shop, it turned out that alignment (toe in and camber/caster) was $300, and corner balancing was another $150. I was not prepared to spend $450 on a 'full' alignment, but Jae comes very highly recommended, and when I saw his shop full of awesome 911 race cars... I kinda got the idea he knew what he was doing. It took him 5+ hours, as he does everything by hand. He weights the driver's seat with how much you tell him you weigh, and gets the corners balanced within 2 lbs of each other. He really does a fantastic job, and from what I have come to find out - $450 for this job is fairly commonplace, done correctly on our cars. |
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| byndbad914 |
Mar 31 2009, 10:57 AM
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shoehorn and some butter - it fits Group: Members Posts: 1,547 Joined: 23-January 06 From: Broomfield, CO Member No.: 5,463 Region Association: None |
for the general SoCal folks...
2nd on Johnson's if you need a corner balance as well, which you can't so don't bother asking - he races Porsches and when I had mine done there he had another teener come in with the same Sheridan body work! WAAAAYYYY F'n cheaper than $450!!! That is out of line, not aligned. As said, you can't corner balance your car anyway (need adjustable suspension fr and rear), but when I first assembled my car about 3 yrs ago I went to Johnson's and had it aligned and corner balanced and I think it may have even been under $300, if pricing has increased (as I am sure it has) I would be surprised if it was now $450! $300 to align a 914???? It was $150 for the corner balance at that time as well and he too ballasts the seat to match your weight, etc. That is standard for balancing a car. Jae does good work as I understand and has fooled enough people into thinking he is worth it (kudos to him! holy crap) but that is "Porsche pricing" for a VW car (IMG:style_emoticons/default/dry.gif) For you specifically... those are way too far from Yucaipa to be of value. Frankly, just call around locally as a first step and see if you find a guy that immediately knows anything about shimming the rear - I found regardless of where I lived with a 914 in SoCal I could find a guy within 20 miles of my house every time that I could ask "how do you align the rear of a 914" and if he mentioned the shims he could do it just fine. Most guys will say "we put the laser thingy on the wheels, blah blah" and never mention the shims - don't go there hahahahaha (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) edit - oh yeah, makes sure they HAVE SHIMS for the rear and/or I would recommend bringing your own. I used to have a bunch from cars I scrapped over the years but no longer have trailing arm rear suspension so gave 'em away. |
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| dw914er |
Mar 31 2009, 12:48 PM
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Planning Cities Group: Members Posts: 2,365 Joined: 1-March 08 From: Yucaipa, CA Member No.: 8,763 Region Association: Southern California |
Yea... I have shims... and have added them to my car to remidy the immediate problem (tire rub) but its not exactly going to be accurate I think
I'll call around... see if Precision Motion knows of anyone that can do it too. |
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