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Old Feb 9, 2006, 08:45 PM
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Good Alignment Place?

is there any good Alignment Place?

I really need good place -_- did alignment before but

they couldn't fix it

any input is appreciated

thanx
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Old Feb 10, 2006, 12:09 AM
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I take my car to Fordahl Motorsports in Bellevue behind Park Place. Top notch.
Old Feb 10, 2006, 09:19 AM
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thanx kyle

how much do they run?

ill give them a calll or somehting

thanx^^
Old Feb 10, 2006, 04:38 PM
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I can definitely recommend Truline. They have 2 locations, in Seattle & Bellevue. Outstanding work. http://www.trulineseattle.com/

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Old Feb 10, 2006, 06:43 PM
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I think they charge around $130 for a 4 wheel alignment and like another $150 if you want corner balancing.
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I saw that Axiom does alignments, but I have no experience with them myself.
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axiom doesn't do alignment anymore i was there last week and i am taking my car

on dyno in 10hrs ^^

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I'd suggest Omni Brake and Alignment in Kirkland. The owner is a Porsche club member and does lots of track alignments for members of various clubs. They always get it right the first time and are reasonably priced.

If you have the stock suspension, try turning the camber cam nut on the front struts to get more neg. camber. About -1.8 neg camber front with 0 toe and -1.0 deg neg camber rear with about 1mm total toe in would be a nice street setup.

Stay away from Speedware
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should try Speedware Motorsport in redmond I think... they're pretty good
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Stay away from Speedware, Ive heard nothing but bad about them.
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I was curious about the same thing, but I'm looking for a place in or around Portland that does corner balancing as well.

Anybody know of a good alignment place around Portland?
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Alignment Specialties in Aloha, right next to race design does great alignments, not sure on the corner balancing though.
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^^Thanks.
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Originally Posted by EricR
I'd suggest Omni Brake and Alignment in Kirkland. The owner is a Porsche club member and does lots of track alignments for members of various clubs. They always get it right the first time and are reasonably priced.
They did a great job on both of my dads Miatas and were great to deal with.

I second the avoid speedware vote, when they did the alignment on my eclipse in 03 they claimed they couldn't get the camber on the RR to -1.5. I bought a smart camber digital setup from racer parts wholesale that week and did it at home myself, I had no problem getting it to -1.5. Total waste of $90.
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Originally Posted by Jim_Patterson
Alignment Specialties in Aloha, right next to race design does great alignments, not sure on the corner balancing though.
Bumping an old thread, I know, but I just thought I'd give a to alignment specialties. I was able to get some MR Bilsteins and Swift springs put on my car today followed by their "street agressive" alignment and I am VERY happy with how the car handles. It's amazing what alignment can do for handling, and these guys know exactly how to set the Evo up for whatever your needs may be.

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