Alignment on a low e30

[F34R]

Get ahold of your local SCCA chapter. The Mazda guys know where it is done!

[e34john]

Call around till you find a place, someone will/can do it. I am going to a place that the spec miata guys go to next weekend.

[Raxe]

id lick the tears off his face.

[F34R]

I could not find a place that I could get my low ass e30 onto their lifts. So I took a tape measure and did it myself. Just adjust till you are happy.

I have to line up my e30 for my lift and jack up the rear end just to get the lift arms to swing under. Tucking 195/60/14

[Sputnik]

The last time I got my car aligned they tried to jack up the price over the phone quote because I didn't tell them it was a BMW. I politely said that I would be paying the quoted phone price. They tried to tell me that there was a special setup for BMW's and that it did not fall into the regular labor quote for an alignment. I politely said BS and offered to pay the phone quote. They took it.
Ballwashing bastards.

Bmw's are a little more complicated to align then most cars because they have to put sandbags in it to get accurate measurements, but they shouldn't rise the price on you that much to do it imo...

[Sputnik]

My baby needs her front toe adjusted really bad. Wonderin if if I can get a cheaper rate becuase there not doing camber/caster or anything in the rear. Also wondering if anyone has had issues with bringing in their car car and it being too low. My friend threw some springs on his tiburon and they wouldnt even touch it.

true...Some shops are total pussies, but i got mines aligned today and i just threw some wood planks on the ramp and used the e-brake slighty so I didn't roll back and rip the lip off

If you have issues finding a cheap alignment shop just try taking your car to a local technical school and they will most likely do it for free!

[Rennsport]

Are there any track prep/motorsports shops in your area? We have a few around here and they will all do alignments on lowered cars.

[mr2peak]

Other option is take it to a shop at the race track. Think this is what I'm going to do when I get my RTAB subframe in. DIY to get it close, then drive it to get it finished correctly.

[Pussy30]

Get a buddy, a tape measure, and a ratchet strap. Strap the steering Wheel straight to the brake pedal and have at it, takes a lil diligence but not very hard. A tape with metric marks makes calculations much easier.

Liking this answer, thanks man.

[Deltron Dirty30]

some guy with his carrera 4s with billy ps coilovers got stuck on the rack and he started to cry

lol what a waffleswaffleswaffleswaffleswaffles, id lick the tears off his face.

[TimR]

Midas will only do with the 450+ lb. in the car as described in the bentley, start calling and shopping, that was like 5 diffs and a couple vert. trunk weights. I asked the guy if my 280 lb. ass should be in there too!!!!!!!!!!!!

[gp.plus]

Get a buddy, a tape measure, and a ratchet strap. Strap the steering Wheel straight to the brake pedal and have at it, takes a lil diligence but not very hard. A tape with metric marks makes calculations much easier.

[phreshkid]

I have a buddy with an alignment and a tire shop mixed and he does the alignment for 35$ with a printout of full camber/castor/toe specs.

He does good work.


Oh and it's plenty lowered

[woodisgood]

The last time I got my car aligned they tried to jack up the price over the phone quote because I didn't tell them it was a BMW. I politely said that I would be paying the quoted phone price. They tried to tell me that there was a special setup for BMW's and that it did not fall into the regular labor quote for an alignment. I politely said BS and offered to pay the phone quote. They took it.
Ballwashing bastards.

[b*saint]

I had mine done but I had to goto a couple ones to find one that could.