I replaced my tyres a few weeks ago, and the inners of every tyre were worn right down, but the outsides still had reasonable tread. I got a wheel alignment done at the tyre place and the camber results came up as:
Front:
Left -1.53
Right -1.58
Rear:
Left -2.09
Right -2.18
Because of this, I decided to book the Stag in to get a front and rear camber kit installed (first time I've not fixed something myself...).
$950 later ($270 for the bushes, $550 labour, $130 wheel alignment), the before and after results from the suspension place are concerning.
BEFORE (the car had only done about 300km's between the above results and these)
Front:
Left -1.14
Right -0.52
Rear:
Left -2.19
Right -1.21
If those are the true figures, then I wouldn't of even bothered with the front kit.. so, I don't know what to think of this.
The after results are:
Front:
Left -1.14
Right -.54
(effectively no change)
Rear:
Left -2.01
Right -1.25
So. Did I basically pay $950 to get slightly less camber on the left rear!?
Also, does that labour charge sound very high? I read around before booking it in, and labour was generally a lot lower... I did make the mistake of not actually getting a quote before going ahead though. If I knew it was going to be that expensive, I would of bought a whole bunch of stuff and got it all done at the same time.
So my questions with this are:
1) Why are the top 2 readings so far out, when the car had only done 500km's between them..? One of the readings is screwed?
2) $550 labour!?
3) Should the installer, being a dedicated suspension place, have looked at the initial readings and called me to say further parts are needed to get the rear camber down further?