JimJa
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- First Name
- Jim
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- Jun 19, 2019
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- Bondurant, WY
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- '19 Ford Ranger Lariat, '18 Focus RS, '17 Escape Titanium
As an aside, my experience and advice with alignment shops. Take you vehicle to a shop that ONLY does alignments, not a shop that alignment is secondary to its primary business. And as demonstrated by Jacob, you do not need a $12,000 machine to align your vehicle.
Had a 1984 Audi Quattro 4-wheel alignment at the Audi dealer in Norfolk, VA. They said they needed 1/2 day to set up their machine (BS) and another 1/2 day to do the alignment (more BS). $125, expensive at the time. Drove cross country and destroyed the tires. I was a very unhappy camper. New tires and took it to the best alignment shop I could find in San Diego. They did a 4-wheel alignment in less than an hour, charged me $56 and I never had to have it aligned again in 140K miles.
My advice is, after you get a couple of thousand miles and your suspension has time to "settle," take it to a good shop and have it checked. Its worth your peace of mind and the knowledge your vehicle is correct - its worth the money in tires alone.
Had a 1984 Audi Quattro 4-wheel alignment at the Audi dealer in Norfolk, VA. They said they needed 1/2 day to set up their machine (BS) and another 1/2 day to do the alignment (more BS). $125, expensive at the time. Drove cross country and destroyed the tires. I was a very unhappy camper. New tires and took it to the best alignment shop I could find in San Diego. They did a 4-wheel alignment in less than an hour, charged me $56 and I never had to have it aligned again in 140K miles.
My advice is, after you get a couple of thousand miles and your suspension has time to "settle," take it to a good shop and have it checked. Its worth your peace of mind and the knowledge your vehicle is correct - its worth the money in tires alone.
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