I have a couple of questions;

Is your car lowered? Do you think a car that is lowered and with a fiberglass bodykit will have an issue going on this lift?

How much did the alignment cost you? Did you have to make an appointment?

 

My car is lowered, not slammed but lowered.. You may encounter an issue due to the kit, HOWEVER they do have ramps they can use to make the drive onto the machine easier/possible.

You do have to make an appointment and the cost was around $120 or so and for the use of the ramps is another $30 or so. At first I was taken back with the cost but once my car was on the lift and he started to work on it, the price for good work was definitely worth it.

Sin, deals with lowered cars for all purposes on a regular basis. I am sure he can help you out. Give him a call and set up an appointment. If he doesn't feel comfortable doing it he will let you know. A standup guy, indeed.

-Jae

 

Thanks for the info Luv2xl!

 

I went to Harry's today, nice honest guy.

 

not a problem.. let us know how it goes for you...

 

i might have to hit up Camber Toe..

 

I went to Camber Toe Saturday. Sin is a real nice guy and did his best but was not successful in solving my wheel shake @55 problem or my brake clunking noise. I do feel more comfy in that he looked over the front end and gave it a clean bill of health.

In all fairness he said he want's me to bring it back it's just not that easy for me to get it to him since the wife rarely gets home before 8pm.

 

went to the NEW 106th street tire and wheel on Queens Blvd - located across the street from Pop diner, I believe it is 51st ave and Queens Blvd. Ask for Abraham. He seems knowledgable and speaks good english (my complaint when going to 106th street tire and wheel at the original location).

 

does the wheels shake when u apply the brakes or when you're just driving. and mine had a clunking noise before too when i hit the brakes, try changing your sway bar bushings.

 

I ended up going to the original 106th tire on Northern Blvd because I dealt with them many times before and I have not had any issues with their alignments..Its a real convenience to be able to drive onto their lift without worrying about damaging my overpriced JDM body kit..

To make a long story short, the technician did an excellent job..The car drives true and straight with no issues what so ever..The car drives much better in all aspects; handling including braking have improved significantly, the car accelerates instanteously due to improved traction, tire contact to the road is even, and the car corners more leveled..Due to the much improved handling, I enjoy driving my car more than before..

The technician there did understand english but was not completely fluent..Sometimes I had to repeat myself for him to understand..But otherwise, he is completely competent tuning my suspension, and took his time to make sure everything was completely on point. Not to mention an alignment there is only 45 dollars compared to other more pricer places. Most of the time I would pay more for someone to work on my car but in this case the job was more than adequate. Because I saved a bit of money I ended up giving the tech a good tip. Both parties were happy at the end which makes a good transaction.

I'm extremely picky with who works on my car and I would not recommend a shop that does shotty work...I can attest that 106 does good alignment work and I would not be hesitant to bring my car to them again..

 

The wheel shaking @55mph could be attributed to tire balancing.. Have your tires balanced at Mavis Tire on Hempstead TPK. in Elmont and I bet your shake will be gone..

Does the brake clunking only occur at low speed? If so it is normal for you to hear it up front even with the shim kit in place.

 

DA.. if you remember my original thread I had taken the car to Mavis and the wheel shake was better (not perfect) for a while. It started to come back although not all that bad. Sin did balance all four tires again and now the shake is worse than it ever was.

Yes... only at low speed. Whoever had installed the brakes was an idiot and not only twisted a line but left all the shims off.

 

Sorry man, I definitely need more time to find that problem. I have a few ideas about the shake, I also know how to fix your brake noise problem. Please come by whenever you can and if it's not too much work this time the labor is on me.

Sin

 

The shaking problem is not wheels, as I am confident in our wheel balancer. You also said there was a problem even with your old wheels. I will have to look into the drive shaft, axles, and the wheel bearings.

 

Dennis do they do the alignment with rims on your car? No shop will touch my car with the 19" rims.