Here's a good alignment shop for socal people

[five3five]

Finally the search is over. My car was pulling slightly to the right. I took it to Stokes Tires in santa monica. Well well well..apparently the previous place that balanced and aligned my new tires completely put my setup out of alignment, therefore the messed up tire wear in the front.

When I pulled into stokes tire shop..I saw them working on a P turbo/Cayenne s/Viper gts..etc. And the guys working there are no amatures either. They guyy that worked on my car, Jeff, seriously treated the car like it was his. He test drove it after each adjustment like 4 times.

The best part about this guy is the first question he asked me "How do you like me to setup your alignment?"

Now the car handles like a mofo in the twisties thats all I can say.

hamada

[Estoril4dr]

How much did this cost ya. I was gonna take my car to westend alignments but they charge like $80.

[fast4d]

when I was there about 18 months ago they charged $90

they do good work. you get what you pay for.

[five3five]

How much did this cost ya. I was gonna take my car to westend alignments but they charge like $80.
It's still $90. If they didnt have to adjust the rear (if it passed their test) They'll charge you $60 for just adjusting the front.
hamada

[Silverbullet]

anything further south? I live in chula vista. It's hard to find ANYTHING good here.

[Cru Jones]

Thanks for the info!

[scottycs]

Anywhere should be able to do it. E36 alignment is as simple as it gets.

[bigmansM]

I had to go to and old school alignment shop to get my alignment, I have the H & R sport springs and that menas no more regular alignments.

I went to tyremans alignment in Burbank. i paid $90 for front and rear that Eric Cox the owner who actually did the work on my car because he wanted to set me up with a good track setting. The guy is a semipro nascar wannabe raer, he really knows his shit.

[scottycs]

Springs don't change the ability to align the car. It just changes the values at which you can set it.


I had to go to and old school alignment shop to get my alignment, I have the H & R sport springs and that menas no more regular alignments.

[Don Nguyen]

What do you guys think of Discount tires Co? I heard somewhere on the local forums that they had life time alignments, but on their website it says they dont do alingment? What's up with that?

[scottycs]

they only deal with tires, but have good prices and service.

[nickdrivesm3]

In case you guys didnt know, BMW actually puts WEIGHTS in the car. To simulate the driver, passenger, light load in back and 1/2 a tank of gas. Then they put it on the rack. So...next time you get an alingment, ask if they weigh it. If not, your better off at the dealer. Just don't let them try and upsell you. :alright

[scottycs]

Weights are good, but by no means nec. I would however try to have 3/4 to full tank of gas. Mine was done unweighted and it has been good. I paid 40 bucks so I couldn't complain.