Alignment and Corner Balancing in Pasadena, CA area
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I remember hearing people often recommend West End Alignment during Matt Farah's one take videos he was doing years ago. However, they may be out of business now.
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I remember hearing people often recommend West End Alignment during Matt Farah's one take videos he was doing years ago. However, they may be out of business now.
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His work is top notch.
He swapped my C2S suspension to OEM GT3 suspension with upgraded bits and set it up with an alignment and CB.
The work was flawless and they are easy people to work with (brad up front and tyson in the back doing magic).
https://www.promotorsportsla.com/
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Thanks all! I am going to give Pro Motorsports a try. They come highly recommended by a number of Porsche enthusiasts and they are pretty close to where I live. I will report back.
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Renee at Camarillo Brake and Alignment is the best. First alignment in 2011, but I am obviously less critical than others because he didn't do my second alignment until last year after about 60K miles when bad tire wear indicated a need.
270 N. Aviador St.
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BTW, I have gone to West End as well and they are stellar. I just do not know about the move and etc. but Darrin is super solid as well. PRO is super close to Pasadena though. I avoided the 5 and got off over by the Zoo and where Disney is off the 134 to drive local the rest of the way. Pretty chill getting there.
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Reporting back. Took the car to Pro Motorsports and I am very happy I did.
Right after picking it up from their shop, I took it to the local canyons. The before/after difference was clearly noticeable (my cars alignment and corner balancing was 7,000 miles ago ). The car is now more planted and I just feel more in control in corner entry. It reminded me of when I first dialed in the suspension of my track bike.
Sorry to mention the obvious, but before spending $$$$ in suspension upgrades, first make sure your stock suspension is properly setup.
Big thanks to those who recommended Pro Motorsports.
Right after picking it up from their shop, I took it to the local canyons. The before/after difference was clearly noticeable (my cars alignment and corner balancing was 7,000 miles ago ). The car is now more planted and I just feel more in control in corner entry. It reminded me of when I first dialed in the suspension of my track bike.
Sorry to mention the obvious, but before spending $$$$ in suspension upgrades, first make sure your stock suspension is properly setup.
Big thanks to those who recommended Pro Motorsports.
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Reporting back. Took the car to Pro Motorsports and I am very happy I did.
Right after picking it up from their shop, I took it to the local canyons. The before/after difference was clearly noticeable (my cars alignment and corner balancing was 7,000 miles ago ). The car is now more planted and I just feel more in control in corner entry. It reminded me of when I first dialed in the suspension of my track bike.
Sorry to mention the obvious, but before spending $$$$ in suspension upgrades, first make sure your stock suspension is properly setup.
Big thanks to those who recommended Pro Motorsports.
Right after picking it up from their shop, I took it to the local canyons. The before/after difference was clearly noticeable (my cars alignment and corner balancing was 7,000 miles ago ). The car is now more planted and I just feel more in control in corner entry. It reminded me of when I first dialed in the suspension of my track bike.
Sorry to mention the obvious, but before spending $$$$ in suspension upgrades, first make sure your stock suspension is properly setup.
Big thanks to those who recommended Pro Motorsports.
Alignment and corner weighting I do on my own cars in my garage. What alignment changes did you make that improved handling?
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House doesn't do their own alignments. Go to a specialist like PRO or similar depending on your location rather than having someone sent it to the dude down the street.
Even Greg at House send me to PRO. Just FYI. This isn't a knock against House, Greg was pretty open that I should go to PRO when I asked him about alignment and CB on GT3 coilovers.
Even Greg at House send me to PRO. Just FYI. This isn't a knock against House, Greg was pretty open that I should go to PRO when I asked him about alignment and CB on GT3 coilovers.
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Front:
- Camber: -2.0
- Caster: 8.5
- Toe: 0
Rear
- Camber -1.75
- Toe: +10'
And they got the cross balance at 50.14%. Also, I am running 245s for the front tires to help reduce understeer a little.
- Camber: -2.0
- Caster: 8.5
- Toe: 0
Rear
- Camber -1.75
- Toe: +10'
And they got the cross balance at 50.14%. Also, I am running 245s for the front tires to help reduce understeer a little.
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Reporting back. Took the car to Pro Motorsports and I am very happy I did.
Right after picking it up from their shop, I took it to the local canyons. The before/after difference was clearly noticeable (my cars alignment and corner balancing was 7,000 miles ago ). The car is now more planted and I just feel more in control in corner entry. It reminded me of when I first dialed in the suspension of my track bike.
Sorry to mention the obvious, but before spending $$$$ in suspension upgrades, first make sure your stock suspension is properly setup.
Big thanks to those who recommended Pro Motorsports.
Right after picking it up from their shop, I took it to the local canyons. The before/after difference was clearly noticeable (my cars alignment and corner balancing was 7,000 miles ago ). The car is now more planted and I just feel more in control in corner entry. It reminded me of when I first dialed in the suspension of my track bike.
Sorry to mention the obvious, but before spending $$$$ in suspension upgrades, first make sure your stock suspension is properly setup.
Big thanks to those who recommended Pro Motorsports.