roscopervis Posted April 2, 2014 Share Posted April 2, 2014 I took my car to be 4 wheel aligned at Avia Auto's, Bridgend yesterday after fitting new Goodyear F1's all round. The old fronts had worn the insides badly leaving the outsides quite fresh. The mechanic here is a bit of an alignment legend and knew something was amiss almost immediately. Got the lasers on it and it was all over the shop! That will explain the pulling to the left then! I just thought it was road camber! Checked the standard settings and he asked how I wanted it to drive. I don't track the car so even tyre wear suits me best. He can set it up how you want it, aggressive for the track or somewhere in between. After some fiddling he was impressed to find that the car's chassis was dead plumb with no set back. I learnt a fair bit as he was doing it. First go and he got it much better and a test run verified that but he wasn't quite happy, so back on the rig. Second go better again. Third go and he was very impressed! He also loves 350's with Invidia exhausts and I could tell he enjoyed working on this car. All in £80 well spent, car now turns in better, is far more stable, doesn't hunt on the road and doesn't pull to one side. It may still wear the insides of the front tyres a bit as that is the way they are he thinks but should be better. A new level of respect for the car. Also anyone in south Wales should check out Avia Auto's! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Briggsybriggs1 Posted April 2, 2014 Share Posted April 2, 2014 Is your car lowered ? It's good to find a good garage that takes pride in there work :-) Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhackyWill Posted April 2, 2014 Share Posted April 2, 2014 That's a great price, Had mine done recently and it was £150 - 00. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cs2000 Posted April 2, 2014 Share Posted April 2, 2014 Had mine done at Kaizer motorsport too with Sly's brilliant Hunter system. Mine was out too and it did make a huge difference to the feel of the car Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mooresy14 Posted April 2, 2014 Share Posted April 2, 2014 Mine always pulls to the left and Im sure I had it alligned when I had my new tyres put on last year. Mind you I paid £40.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roscopervis Posted April 2, 2014 Author Share Posted April 2, 2014 It's not lowered, just standard suspension. It's surprising how good standard stuff can feel! Sent from my AT10LE-A using Tapatalk 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mopedmark Posted April 2, 2014 Share Posted April 2, 2014 sounds like he knows his stuff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMballistic Posted April 2, 2014 Share Posted April 2, 2014 Good heads up roscopervis and sounds like a good place to go. Might give them a try when I need wheel alignment doing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paddy78 Posted April 2, 2014 Share Posted April 2, 2014 Anyone know a good place to get this done in Leeds / Yorkshire? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ebized Posted April 2, 2014 Share Posted April 2, 2014 Good feedback and you have certainly found a good aligner there - and at that price with a road test you can't go wrong Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GT4 Zed Posted April 2, 2014 Share Posted April 2, 2014 Fantastic price mate. A full race setup with testing inbetween cost 300quid but that includes corner weights. So even with that excluded Iyok got a good deal. Can you post up your geo sheet as others with OEM setups may benefit👀 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilogikal1 Posted April 2, 2014 Share Posted April 2, 2014 Anyone know a good place to get this done in Leeds / Yorkshire? Atkin Motor Engineers in Malton - drop Chris a message on here, Atkin666. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big_joe Posted April 2, 2014 Share Posted April 2, 2014 Anyone know a good place to get this done in Leeds / Yorkshire? Also looking at getting this done in leeds. These guys seem to have a pretty good rep on the Pistonheads forum, only down the road from me so think I'll give them a shot http://www.andyturnermotorengineering.co.uk/Andy_turner_leeds_4_wheel_laser_alignment_Car_tracking.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big_joe Posted April 2, 2014 Share Posted April 2, 2014 Anyone know a good place to get this done in Leeds / Yorkshire? Also looking at getting this done in leeds. These guys seem to have a pretty good rep on the Pistonheads forum, only down the road from me so think I'll give them a shot http://www.andyturnermotorengineering.co.uk/Andy_turner_leeds_4_wheel_laser_alignment_Car_tracking.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhackyWill Posted April 2, 2014 Share Posted April 2, 2014 Fantastic price mate. A full race setup with testing inbetween cost 300quid but that includes corner weights. So even with that excluded Iyok got a good deal. Can you post up your geo sheet as others with OEM setups may benefití ½í±€ Here's mine if it means anything to you boffins. Apparently the VAG Beissbarth system is the best one you can get, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fluke Posted April 2, 2014 Share Posted April 2, 2014 Anyone know a good place to get this done in Leeds / Yorkshire? Also looking at getting this done in leeds. These guys seem to have a pretty good rep on the Pistonheads forum, only down the road from me so think I'll give them a shot http://www.andyturne...r_tracking.html thats about 45 mins from where I am working. Any Idea how much he charges? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big_joe Posted April 2, 2014 Share Posted April 2, 2014 No not yet, I might pop down on Friday if I get chance. Apparently he looks after a lot of motorsport TVRs and is a stock car world champion.....sounds like a good shout to me. Funny he's 5 mins from my house, lived in this area all my life and never knew the place existed . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roscopervis Posted April 2, 2014 Author Share Posted April 2, 2014 The guy at Avia does full corner weighting too. He's been involved in Motorsport for years and has built and set up and raced lots of single seaters. That obviously costs more, its basically charged by the hour. Funny thing is though it's just as much an art as a science with him, no print out but he was showing me exactly what he was doing and why he was doing it, using the standard 'book' geometry as a base (1st go) then tweaking it to make it drive better. I just wish I understood it better! I've been places before that's had all the kit with the print outs, but if the operator didn't know exactly why he was going what he was doing, then it's just a bunch of green boxes on a screen. Sent from my AT10LE-A using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJRamze Posted April 2, 2014 Share Posted April 2, 2014 I'll keep this in mind. I live in caldicot but I don't mind travelling Sent from my One using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gudzy Posted April 2, 2014 Share Posted April 2, 2014 Anyone know a good place to get this done in Leeds / Yorkshire? +1, I'd like mine to be done fairly soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big_joe Posted April 2, 2014 Share Posted April 2, 2014 I'll let you leeds guys know when I've spoken to Andy turner and get some prices etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GT4 Zed Posted April 3, 2014 Share Posted April 3, 2014 Fantastic price mate. A full race setup with testing inbetween cost 300quid but that includes corner weights. So even with that excluded Iyok got a good deal. Can you post up your geo sheet as others with OEM setups may benefit������ Here's mine if it means anything to you boffins. Apparently the VAG Beissbarth system is the best one you can get, Nice sharing yours alignment printout and looks shockingly like you were way off and most of the geo has been restored to stock range but I am concerned that your right front parameter is way off the left suggesting something is wrong. Could be the bushes, failed damper or bent control arm; all guess work at this point so please investigate. Off course your car will feel better to drive coming from the boat settings you had before😎 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 3, 2014 Share Posted April 3, 2014 Another + 1 Big Joe if you follow this through please. A few months back I was about to go there following the pistonheads thread then someone, as usual on there, filed a poor report. We're potentially up to a mini meet now so fingers crossed he'll do us right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big_joe Posted April 4, 2014 Share Posted April 4, 2014 Well tried to call them today, left a message but no reply. Have dropped them an email so will see what happens. how many people are genuinely interested in using them? Ta Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chubbster Posted April 4, 2014 Share Posted April 4, 2014 Had mine done today too - at blackboots in Chesham (£114) - they did a very good job and the car feels absolutely planted now, whereas it had a definite skittishness before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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