Sonic Motor
03-05-2008, 11:13 AM
Ok, ive been to many alignment places around the area. Most of the places have shitty machines or ignorant workers.
I have had good experience with these 2 places:
Bear wheel Alignment in Monterey Park,
These guys are OLD SCHOOL. they dont use machines, they measure with with rulers and tape. From what I know about alignments, no matter how good you are with a ruler and tape, you cant beat the machine, even if the guy on the machine is a newb. Other than that, they are great for Frame alignment, and eye balling camber and other misc undercarriage work.
the 2nd place,
JC AUTOHOUSE, recommended by ASPEC LOGAN
Cyrus, the owner i think, uses an older alignment machine.
Its not the typical photographic machine used at commercial tire stores like JUST TIRES or Discount tires and so on.
But it works just as well. Im sure.
Ive been goign to Cyrus' place for a long time. and he seems like a good person who does decent work. But I have a few problems with him. He always adjust toe in the front first, and the rears last. From what I learned from my suspension class at PCC (which I got an A in ;)), you are suppose to do the rear first, and fronts last.
Also, he has a problem with justing my caster. He never wants to do it. My car always pulls a little bit after getting an alignment. Ive spent almost 700 dollars at JC for just alignment alone. I am not very happy with the results.
At my march Drift/grip events at Horse Thief Mile in willow springs, my steering felt funny. I had a hard time doing grip. Definitely alignment related.
Dont get me wrong, a lot of audi, lexus, evo owners all go to his shop. He must be doing something right. But its not working out for me.
I will go back to Cyrus to recheck my alignment, but I dont think I will go back for more.
Does anyone have recommendations for other alignment shops in the SGV(alhambra, arcadia, rosemead, san gabriel, el monte, temple city, san marino, pasadena, baldwin park) area?
I have had good experience with these 2 places:
Bear wheel Alignment in Monterey Park,
These guys are OLD SCHOOL. they dont use machines, they measure with with rulers and tape. From what I know about alignments, no matter how good you are with a ruler and tape, you cant beat the machine, even if the guy on the machine is a newb. Other than that, they are great for Frame alignment, and eye balling camber and other misc undercarriage work.
the 2nd place,
JC AUTOHOUSE, recommended by ASPEC LOGAN
Cyrus, the owner i think, uses an older alignment machine.
Its not the typical photographic machine used at commercial tire stores like JUST TIRES or Discount tires and so on.
But it works just as well. Im sure.
Ive been goign to Cyrus' place for a long time. and he seems like a good person who does decent work. But I have a few problems with him. He always adjust toe in the front first, and the rears last. From what I learned from my suspension class at PCC (which I got an A in ;)), you are suppose to do the rear first, and fronts last.
Also, he has a problem with justing my caster. He never wants to do it. My car always pulls a little bit after getting an alignment. Ive spent almost 700 dollars at JC for just alignment alone. I am not very happy with the results.
At my march Drift/grip events at Horse Thief Mile in willow springs, my steering felt funny. I had a hard time doing grip. Definitely alignment related.
Dont get me wrong, a lot of audi, lexus, evo owners all go to his shop. He must be doing something right. But its not working out for me.
I will go back to Cyrus to recheck my alignment, but I dont think I will go back for more.
Does anyone have recommendations for other alignment shops in the SGV(alhambra, arcadia, rosemead, san gabriel, el monte, temple city, san marino, pasadena, baldwin park) area?