alighnment only by bmw dealer?

[lsmkr84]

I called a local tire place to get my alignment done and the guy told me he couldnt do it and i would have to take it to the dealer to get it done. Is this true?

[Erick]

No man, that guy is a waffleswaffleswaffleswaffleswaffles. Problem is, some people tend to think because it's a "BMW" it's a whole different process. It really isnt.

I've been quoted $250 by a shop to align my car. :roll: Then I asked some friends and got it done at a nice alignment specialized shop for $40.

[MR 325]

Yes, there's nothing "special" that maked it something a normal tire/alignment shop can't do

[lsmkr84]

thanks for the help.....there was only a $50 difference but its 50 more to put toward my car

[DarkWing6]

The techs at work help me do mine for free. :D

[Henna Red]

Wrong wrong and wrong!

BMW asks that 650lbs of weight be in their vehicals ontop of a full tank of gas [ask my how i know] Now, you dont NEED to take it to a BMW shop, but by no means are they waffleswaffleswaffleswaffleswaffles, just covering their asses so that if and when your tires wear out that you dont go back and say 'Wait a minute, you aligned my car and these 40k tire wore out in 15k!"

Only adjustment on e30 is the toe, from factory, anyway. So they can align it, but i would suggest a full tank of gas and prepare to see a print out full of red as most of the rear ends of these things are WAY out of wack.

[calypso]

I remember when I took my 318I in the dude said that it was the straightest E30 he had ever seen. Says that normally the alignment is fucked but mine was just right, was pretty much nothing he could do to it. But I dunno if this will still be the case.