Where to get alignment, Southern NH

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  • eighteight325is
    Wrencher
    • Apr 2006
    • 204

    #1

    Where to get alignment, Southern NH

    Question for all you E30 owners in Southern NH and Northern MA. I just moved to Southern NH and am finishing up my suspension project and am going to need an alignment.

    Anybody have an shop suggestions? I live in Pelham and work in Acton, MA so shops in either area are acceptable.

    I'm close to the DW Highway and there is a Town Fair Tire right there so I was thinking of going there but I'm not sure if it would be better to take it to an independent shop with proven experience with old Bimmers.

    Also, I put H&R Sports, Bilstein Sports and M3 offset bushings in the car which is going to impact camber/caster a bit...is that something an alignment shop is going to need to know about?

    Thanks.
  • eighteight325is
    Wrencher
    • Apr 2006
    • 204

    #2
    Any place with a modern alignment system will do?

    Outside of replacing CAB's and/or switching to fancy adjustable strut mounts there isn't any way to adjust castor correct? My concern is I don't want some shop negating the additional castor created by the offset bushings in an attempt to bring it back to factory specs.

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    • AdironRider
      No R3VLimiter
      • Dec 2004
      • 3491

      #3
      Just bring it a place that advertises doing alignments. Its not like it takes a BMW specific guy to do it. Ive got m3 cabs, didnt tell the guy about em, and my car drives like a dream.
      Back to my roots

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      • Paul318iS
        Member
        • Mar 2005
        • 63

        #4
        As far as I know, the only adjustment that you can do is the toe on the front.

        With my 2 e30's I just do it with a tape measure. Or if you want to get real techical you can use a couple of jigs with some string

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        • eighteight325is
          Wrencher
          • Apr 2006
          • 204

          #5
          Thanks man, that is basically what I am looking for. Hopefully my car will handle like a dream soon (or at least be back on the ground and off the jack stands :))

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          • BeirBrennerE30
            R3VLimited
            • Oct 2003
            • 2740

            #6
            Turner motorsport???
            e30sport.net
            '86 325es - s54b32tu - 6-speed - Mtech 1
            '89 325is - m20b25 - 5-speed - Individual​
            '06 M3 Competition - 6-speed
            '19 Porsche GT3 RS - 7-speed PDK
            '94 Lancia Delta HF Integrale EvoII - Giallo Ginestra
            '97 Range Rover Vitesse

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            • valleymotorwerks
              Advanced Member
              • Jul 2005
              • 174

              #7
              Anyone can set the toe on your car.. no worries. Take it anywhere...
              Valley Motorwerks
              1988 E30M3

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              • eighteight325is
                Wrencher
                • Apr 2006
                • 204

                #8
                Huh, I hadn't realized that TMS did service. They are pretty close by and I'll keep that in mind down the road for a track inspection, but I think if toe is the only adjustment that can be made I'll just bring it to my local tire place. I need to have different tires mounted and balanced anyway.

                I'm going to employ the tape measure trick to get the toe-in set as close as I can but I'll let the experts really dial it in.

                Thanks for the info guys.

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                • BeirBrennerE30
                  R3VLimited
                  • Oct 2003
                  • 2740

                  #9
                  all the people at TMS are great guys... they have helped out on my car several times when my engineering out classed my fabrication skills... they will do anything to a bmw/mini for the right price and were actually the last ones to align my car if i remember correctly
                  e30sport.net
                  '86 325es - s54b32tu - 6-speed - Mtech 1
                  '89 325is - m20b25 - 5-speed - Individual​
                  '06 M3 Competition - 6-speed
                  '19 Porsche GT3 RS - 7-speed PDK
                  '94 Lancia Delta HF Integrale EvoII - Giallo Ginestra
                  '97 Range Rover Vitesse

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