Where do you guys take your evos to get an AWD alignment? I've never taken any of the cars I've owned to get an alignment before. Do they have to drive the car after it gets aligned?

 

Do you have NTB around your part of town?

 

Big Brand Tire. That's where I got mine done.

 

Never heard of NTB, I think tire places around me are Les Scwab, Discount Tire (Don't think they do alignments), Firestone.

Do they have to drive the car afterwards?

 

They might? On my case, I was able give them the specs and they were able to very closely match it was -2 F -1 R 0 toe. After the alignment was done they just park the car.

 

most tyre replacement workshops will have the gear to do a full alignment, as seen above give them instructions if you want a specific setup, track cars setups are sometimes different from DD cars...let them know you want to test drive your car after to make sure you are happy, most places would probably agree to keep your business

 

I've always had mine done at firestone

 

I am debating between Firestone and Tires Plus.

• Issue is Firestone costs $180 for Lifetime and CARX has a 3 year for $100.
  
• You never know if god forbid you wreck your evo and there goes your $180 lifetime alignment with the car! However, if you gamble and no wrecks, no sale for 3yrs you have to buy another $100 3yr alignment, but I guess you are only down $20!
  
• Next problem I have to figure out is can CARX do alignment on lowered cars, I know Firestone can!

 

I settled on CARX, but I think that I made a decision that was only temporary! I had good luck with CARX on my dd, but I guess for lowered cars you can't go to them!

• My evo 8 has a Kaminari body kit (2" ?) and oem stuts with Swift springs (1.5"?) so it barely fit on their rack. If your front bumper is perfect I would not recommend it!
  
• On the phone they said, "Go to this CARX, it is the lowest", but I come to find out they are all mostly the same above ground lift. They don't take the effort to raise it up with boards or anything and I saw it touch my front bumper when they put it on!
  
• Then it was too late, so like I said, if your bumper is perfect, I only recommend a shop that has a flush mount style alignment rack.

So my idea to pay $100 for 3 yr warranty failed for my evo and lucky it was on special for $50. Next time I get an alignment, I have to go pay the $180 for the lifetime at Firestone!

Good luck guys!