As long as it's a "Hunter Alignment Rack," it's ok? I'm in LA and just got my new PS2s and I need an alignment. I was just going take her to the "Stealership"

 

Johnson's $75 front, $75 rear. BH Porsche $300

 

Dont get me wrong...as originally stated, I like Darin, his professionalism and his abilities around a Porsche. This is WHY I didn't even consider any other alignment shops. They got my phone call right out of the box...

What bothered me was a 30% bump in pricing from the first phone call, to the price once I scheduled the work.

If Chris is that out of touch on their own pricing, maybe he's is the wrong guy to put in front of customers. (This would have been my 3rd with West End). I cant begin to count the number of people I've refered to the shop...(More evidence of a talented shop and satisfied customer)

Giving the benefit of a doubt, maybe during my initial contact with Chris; he sounded rushed, but after telling him yr, make, and the work I was looking for (install PSS10, M030, align & CB) he provided a figure that turned out to be 30% low of the current figure I am now being quoted!

This is not the West End Alignment I have done business with in the past, as I have always dealt with Darin on previous occasions. Even when he was busy, to took time to understand my needs and always provided a spot-on service for the price quoted.

In retrospect, I may even use West End because of Darin's talents. The whole ordeal felt alot like a bait and switch tactic, which left me feeling cold... Taking a breath and regrouping my thoughts.

 

I don't know where they are right now, but I posted some "Free Corner Balancing Scales" about a year ago. Slidewaysmarty picked them up, but he should be able to lend them to you if you can get a hold of him.

https://rennlist.com/forums/993-foru...ng-scales.html

I too was a little shocked by the prices of Corner Balancing.

 

Kika,
So far, it has only been phone conversation (with Chris) regarding car, make, model, and work to be performed.
2nd call was to schedule the work based upon the quote originally given by Chris. This is when the price rose by 30%!

 

Again, sorry to hear that you have had less than excellent service.
In response to your initial post however, if you don't want to go back to west end, then my next choice would be Steve Alarcon at Johnson's. it isn't too far, on Hawthorne, just south of 190th. Same drive way as Callas.

If you do want Darin's technical expertise, I would go talk to him and tell him what happened, from what I know about Darin,he will try to make it right. The choice is entirely up to you however.

 

Kika--

I love the setup, even though I know I've only scratched the surface of getting a 'killer' set up on the car. The difference in the handling of my car is night and day...some of that is due to the fact that the OE suspension was waaaay past it's shelf life. But the car moves like a cat now, as opposed to a "lost puppy" (all over the place) and the rear feels planted.

I'm running the 10's set at 5F and 5R just to get a baseline. She's a weekend car, but with this new set up, I'll be driving her a lot more. It just feels so good.


I have a C4 and was told C4's come stock with RS mounts...but I never verified that. So I guess I'll need to check into that

 

These fancy Bosch and Hunter racks are only as good as their maintenance and the person using it. The racks are very sensitive to abuse and can create a car that is out of whack even though everything looks right on the gages.

Frankly, it can be done very well with a flat floor, reference strings, a tape measure along with camber gages by someone who knows what they are doing and cares.

I would be way more comfortable with that than a stealership with an out of spec rack and a technician who only knows how to read the gages, but does not really care what he is doing.

 

I'll post this thread here, too, mainly for the picture of old school (reposted it in Martin's weight loss thread yesterday): https://rennlist.com/forums/993-foru...ferrerid=21505

And yeah, I had a brand new Hunter C111 in '85 that I used for four years. Stayed amazingly accurate when I'd "calibrate" it against my old, old, old tech of the day. And then there were the Wacko weight scales! Can't believe we thought we were getting cars close with those things.........