Wheel Alignment

[Onyx]

R350? Really? :yuck:

Hit a pot hole this weekend (The bloody rain makes it difficult to spot them)

And yes, i'm out of MP.

 

[Onyx]

Mintys Sandton: R350

Mintys Rosebank: R250

 

[Carbon]

If you are bored enough you can set it yourself with a tape measure and two spirit levels and some effort. But only toe. Camber and castor is a bit harder but just as doable for DIY.

Luckily you can get by with just toe, as that is the biggest concern tire-life wise in the short term, but castor affects how straight a car tracks, and camber is for corners(although all of the above affects a car's handling characteristics)

I do all my car's alignment myself, and the Tyre Mart near me does not charge for alignment if nothing changes, so then I just take it to them to double-check.

Regards
Jacques

 

[Coisman]

Onyx, what did the dealership quote you to do this for you??

 

[moranor@axis]

IF done properly its well worth the 350 :fencelook:

 

[tcal69]

sounds pretty right, i remember I use to do them about R250

Freaking TWT sandton charged me like close to R500 or my X6 last time:nonono:

 

[Coisman]

sounds pretty right, i remember I use to do them about R250

Freaking TWT sandton charged me like close to R500 or my X6 last time:nonono:

You should have gone all Jackie Chan on their @sses!!! :rollsmile:

 

[tcal69]

sounds pretty right, i remember I use to do them about R250

Freaking TWT sandton charged me like close to R500 or my X6 last time:nonono:

You should have gone all Jackie Chan on their @sses!!! :rollsmile:

:roflol: i should've, but forgot to drink my soy milk that morning:fencelook::blab::biglol:

 

[Bavs108]

Agents quoted me R1130 to do fitment, balancing and alignment yesterday:nonono: Do you need to do alignment if you just replacing rear tyres?

 

[Philip Foglar]

I have to say, unless you are certain that a particular fitment centre is able to adjust the alignment properly, I would suggest taking it to the agents and just bite the bullet with regards to the cost.

R350 is not bad actually for alignment, but I seem to remember hearing an amount of R800 from the agents for alignment, maybe changed since then...