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i got my wheel alignment done about 2 months ago after getting the front shocks changed, and now 2 months later ive noticed that the wheel alignment was off and has warn bald the inside of my tyres, mainly the front drivers side and the rear drivers side.. but the others are well on there way.

its only about 1inch in from the edge, but they are totaly had it.

whats the chances of me being able to do a deal with the place that stuffed up my wheel alignment, and get them to give me a set of 2nd hand tyres as a replacement for the ones that they destroyed? would they have a record of my car being booked in to have it done from last time (january) ?

its realy given me the sh*ts because b4 i went there, my tyres where farly new and now they are almost about to pop

i wont mention where it was done just yet, incase they redeem them selves and replace my destroyed tyres..

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Did you get a copy of the wheel alignment specs when it was done?

IMO you don't have much chance, tyre wear is not only dependent on alignment settings it's also on the car, how you drive, where you drive etc.

Did you get a copy of the wheel alignment specs when it was done?

IMO you don't have much chance, tyre wear is not only dependent on alignment settings it's also on the car, how you drive, where you drive etc.

yeh i know its a long shot, but there is plenty of tred left on the majority of the tyre, but just the inside edge is totaly screwed. the car isnt lowered at all and is still running stock. and its gtst, so for the front to wear so badly the way it has, the alignment was totaly screwed

nar he didnt print one out when i asked for it because he said he had already turned the machine off

Simular thing happened to me...

The place i went to is awsome. But the car still pulls left...

He said he did four wheel alignment and then i asked them again if they did it and they said they didnt know it was four wheel steer...

So my brand new tyres of about 3 months ago should be dead soon! Makes me angry!

I feel you bro!

Simular thing happened to me...

The place i went to is awsome. But the car still pulls left...

He said he did four wheel alignment and then i asked them again if they did it and they said they didnt know it was four wheel steer...

So my brand new tyres of about 3 months ago should be dead soon! Makes me angry!

I feel you bro!

So why don't you get another alignment??

thats pretty screwed..

but the whole tyre looks worn also..

so they were brand new 2months ago??

i would take it back just to see what they say, make it known they do crap work.

yeh they are worn, but still well above the wear limit on the outside.

they where almost 2 months old when i went there to get a wheel alignment. and where still good.. and now, about 2 months laster, there totaly stuffed.

this time with front toe out 2mm and rear toe in 5mm .. that should be right. not this carp

ok well just got the alignment re done... and the guess of 0% chance of getting them to fix it free of charge was out of the question.. dodgy ppl

anyway, heres the results. they wouldnt toe it out because it was wearing on the inside already alot.. so he toed it in more to try and prevent it. but it was way past spec because it was already at max toe in for front..

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ok well just got the alignment re done... and the guess of 0% chance of getting them to fix it free of charge was out of the question.. dodgy ppl

anyway, heres the results. they wouldnt toe it out because it was wearing on the inside already alot.. so he toed it in more to try and prevent it. but it was way past spec because it was already at max toe in for front..

Wheel alignment equipment is computer driven. We always save customer vehicle data to hard drive and provide a copy to the customer. Even if the machine was turned off, a 'copy' can always be printed off at a later date.

You have posted 2 wheel alignment prints, both done on the same day. Either 2 wheel alignments were done on the same day (29/3), or the Before figures were your original wheel alignment and show the date of print.

Any way, note that the Before figures show that the operator set the wheel aligner for an R31 skyline, whereas the After figures were set for an R33. That is probably the reason why there are no rear figures shown in the right hand column (usually manufacturers recommended data).

the first printout was of what the settings where when i first got there and he haddnt changed anything. i saw that he had it on the wrong car, so i asked him to change it over. which he did and all it changed was the Min and Max values what where aloud.

the 2nd printout is the final settings he put it to.

yeh this one was a computer one too i think.. he attached the sensors to the wheels and then went under the car and ajusted the toe till it came up on the screen at the settings he wanted.

the figures for the rear wheels are down the bottom of the page btw.

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