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Old May 3, 2011 | 07:02 AM
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Hey Guys,

College is finally letting out on Thursday! My G has been sitting in the garage at home for the last two months because of alignment issues. That being said, my car is lowered on Tein S-Techs and has 19 x 8.5 + 25. Last time I was home, I installed Megan front and rear camber kits and a rear SPC rear toe bolt kit. I want to put 15mm spacer up front and 25mm in the back, but I will rub in the back with the spacers. I will be getting my rear fenders rolled and installing the spacers prior to the alignment. My question: where would you guys recommend taking my car to get aligned? I would like a place that has a rack I can get on without scrapping and a place that knows how to work with camber kits. How much am I looking at for the alignment?

I live in HOCO
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Old May 3, 2011 | 07:20 AM
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IAG in Westminster has an in-ground alignment rack. Type 'IAG Performance' in Google. Alignment is going to run you about $100-200 depending on what you need done.
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Old May 3, 2011 | 08:55 AM
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In this area...

There is a Goodyear Auto on Rt1 in Laurel. It is infront of a movie theater there.

The main alignment guy's name is Rob. He is exceptional at dealing with Z's finicky alignments (rear) and he set up my alignment with camber/toe arms 2x. Many of my friends have also gone there. I was referred there by a guy who uses him to set up his road racing alignments, he works at a normal shop but he knows his $hit.

I have also used Ptuning but that's far away, they were great in my experience as well.
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Old May 3, 2011 | 10:48 AM
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Originally Posted by Alberto
In this area...

There is a Goodyear Auto on Rt1 in Laurel. It is infront of a movie theater there.

The main alignment guy's name is Rob. He is exceptional at dealing with Z's finicky alignments (rear) and he set up my alignment with camber/toe arms 2x. Many of my friends have also gone there. I was referred there by a guy who uses him to set up his road racing alignments, he works at a normal shop but he knows his $hit.

I have also used Ptuning but that's far away, they were great in my experience as well.
What are their prices like?
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Old May 3, 2011 | 05:20 PM
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Been over 1 year since Ive been there, IIRC 4 wheel alignment was $110. Call up and ask for Rob!
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Old May 3, 2011 | 06:18 PM
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Originally Posted by MYN1SMO
IAG in Westminster has an in-ground alignment rack. Type 'IAG Performance' in Google. Alignment is going to run you about $100-200 depending on what you need done.
I have an appt with them for later this month. Im too low for everyone else and their inground rack will be no problem. 99 bucks is what I was told it was gona cost me.
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Old May 4, 2011 | 12:36 AM
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Originally Posted by mexillis
I have an appt with them for later this month. Im too low for everyone else and their inground rack will be no problem. 99 bucks is what I was told it was gona cost me.
I have an appointment on the 16th, 198 for corner balance and alignment

99 each
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Old May 4, 2011 | 07:54 AM
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IAG is where EIP used to be right?
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Old May 4, 2011 | 09:02 AM
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^^^ yep
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Old May 9, 2011 | 11:01 AM
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Thanks for the responses, I've been out of commission for a few days as i got my four wisdom teeth pulled. I called IAG and they cannot get my in before mid-June. In the meantime, I made an appointment to get an alignment with Benchmark Motors in Columbia. The have an in-ground Hunter RX machine. Anyone have any experience with that shop?
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Old May 9, 2011 | 11:03 AM
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Never heard of them but be sure to give us a review/ pricing. Would be much closer to me for future alignments once my corner balancing is done.
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Old May 18, 2011 | 02:09 AM
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IAG Was nice, they did a great job... Price is 99 for an alignment + straight time for anything over an hour. took them 3 hours to do mine... they only charged me half of the over time though. so I ended up paying 170 for alignment 99 for corner balance.

Car feels great. All specs are dead on to what I requested, and car sits even on weight on all 4 corners with a weight of 200# in drivers seat.

wasnt too crazy about it taking 4 hours for an alignment and corner balance. Not sure if it was really my car causing the time or them working slow... at the same time I knew there was no way they would actually do an alignment in 1 hour unless it was pretty much dead on when they start. I would def go there again though in the future.
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Old May 21, 2011 | 05:48 AM
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IAG def has great customer service. IDK why your alignment took so long barnabas but they only took an hr to do mine. I dont have any aftermarket parts for alignment just to put that out there. Here's a picture of their set up. No problems scrapping here unless you ave an inch off the ground.

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