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I just bought new tires for my 2012.5 CS with 34k, and am wondering about an alignment. Should I use the stealership or have Les Schwab do it? The old tires didn't show any unusual wear they were just worn out.
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I'd do an alignment.
Try to find a Special at your dealership. A fair price, for a car without RWS nor any cameras for lane assist or adaptive cruise control, is about $300. An indy will probably charge you about $200 min.
Try to find a Special at your dealership. A fair price, for a car without RWS nor any cameras for lane assist or adaptive cruise control, is about $300. An indy will probably charge you about $200 min.
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There's really nothing special about alignment on these cars . Any shop with a modern system like Hunter can do it. I would still want to look for an indy that has Porsche and/or other high end car experience. I have had my 987S and 997S alignments done by a local indy tire shop for $80. Will take the 991 when it needs it.
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There's really nothing special about alignment on these cars . Any shop with a modern system like Hunter can do it. I would still want to look for an indy that has Porsche and/or other high end car experience. I have had my 987S and 997S alignments done by a local indy tire shop for $80. Will take the 991 when it needs it.
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If the tires you replaced had perfect wear, i would not get an alignment If there were uneven wear patterns on this tires, not attributable to tire pressures, then i would get an alignment ment. Without RAS, alignment is not that complicated for a good indy Porsche shop. Otherwise, find a Porsche dealer with a special. And check their prices. Labor rates do vary among Porsche dealers, even in the same geographical area.
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If my old tires do not show any unusual wear, I never do new tire install alignment these days. This is just because too many times I had my alignment done wrong causing real alignment issues instead of fixing potential alignment issues, Dealers included. And some of them are not doing it themselves, but rather have a 3rd party doing it. I
I also hate to do tire balancing for the same reason, but there is no way around it.
Once I even came back to a shop who just did the "balancing" and push them to prove they calibrated their machines properly. Sure it was not done right. They apologized, re-calibrated their machine and re-balanced my wheels with me present. It sure helped, but would you jump over the hoops all the time?
And with alignment you can't tell if it is done right or wrong right away. So, no, no alignment unless really needed for me.
There is or rather was one shop only I know of in my area which always did both jobs perfectly. It was owned by a Porsche owner and ex Porsche mechanic. New equipment and clean. Unfortunately, not too many customers were willing to pay high price he charged. Its shame he is gone.
I also hate to do tire balancing for the same reason, but there is no way around it.
Once I even came back to a shop who just did the "balancing" and push them to prove they calibrated their machines properly. Sure it was not done right. They apologized, re-calibrated their machine and re-balanced my wheels with me present. It sure helped, but would you jump over the hoops all the time?
And with alignment you can't tell if it is done right or wrong right away. So, no, no alignment unless really needed for me.There is or rather was one shop only I know of in my area which always did both jobs perfectly. It was owned by a Porsche owner and ex Porsche mechanic. New equipment and clean. Unfortunately, not too many customers were willing to pay high price he charged. Its shame he is gone.
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I'm just curious what do cameras or adaptive cruise control have to do with alignment?
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I'm just curious what do cameras or adaptive cruise control have to do with alignment?
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Interesting. I can't imagine what difference such options would make to the wheel alignment specs or adjustment difficulty. It's not like those sensors are mounted on the suspension components.
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$80 at an alignment shop for my 991.1, but I do a custom alignment for the track that a dealership probably wouldn’t want to do anyway. They didn’t seem confused and everything was fine afterwards which makes me think there’s nothing special about the cars without RWS at least?
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The good old 993. You just had to drop the “K” word to know if your Porsche specialist or dealer knew what they were doing. ;-) Luckily I have nothing but good experiences with my local specialist (later dealer).