Strict budget, slow restoration. *Now with moar budget*

[bernzpeed]

I hate going to alignment shops. When you turn every wrench on your car yourself the last thing you want to do is turn it over to some monkey and pay them a $69.99 flat rate just because you don't have a DSP600 at home.

I ask the guy what he set the toe to and he tells me thirty. I ask him if he means thirty minutes? He looks at me funny and says "no, degrees." Really? You set my toe to THIRTY DEGREES? REALLY now. I know what he meant but I sort of have a disposition to hate these guys since I'm paying them $70 to do 20 minutes of work I could easily do myself.

Then why didn't you do it yourself then? Oh yeah right you don't have the machine to do it--- so you couldn't have done it yourself.

So suck it up and pay the mechanic who is trying to make a living.

[Butler]

Sweet! The new wheels and tires look great.

[Wh33lhop]

Then why didn't you do it yourself then? Oh yeah right you don't have the machine to do it--- so you couldn't have done it yourself.

So suck it up and pay the mechanic who is trying to make a living.

Did that make you feel better?

[Civilian]

Then why didn't you do it yourself then? Oh yeah right you don't have the machine to do it--- so you couldn't have done it yourself.

So suck it up and pay the mechanic who is trying to make a living.

Are you stupid or something? The mechanic who should be trained to know how to do this clearly didn't. Wh33lhop has done everything on his car and knows what he's talking about. To hand it over to somebody who then has no clue and pay them for it is really frustrating.

[Wh33lhop]

It's cool, I get what he's saying even if he has a stick up his ass. Let's just move on and not turn the thread into a shit-flinging contest--it has been pretty good so far.

[mdschurtz]

alot of 21(+) page threads are a total pointless read but there is not one ounce of loss in thread... I plan on doing something similar after this upcoming summer when i have some money for a car and an apartment... still in the dorms :( and i too will be working out in the streets

[!kid]

hey Wh33lhop, I noticed you don't have the front brake shield things on. no issues with your brake performance that you notice?

[Wh33lhop]

No, the dust shields actually hinder the convection cooling the brakes. If you don't have brake ducts, you'll get better cooling without the shields.

[2002maniac]

drool

[Spiff325iS]

[Ramgoat]

I love this place

[bernzpeed]

Did that make you feel better?

no sarcasm involved. bitter pill to swallow.

if we don't have the right equipment to do the job, then we have no choice but to pay someone who invested in that equipment to do the job.

if i knew something was off, then I would tell the mechanic right away and would not accept the job done until it is done right. Then I shell out my hard earned dough.

Just sayin'. No disrespect, you've done a great job on the car!

[jaywood]

Looks like kegans car?

[Wh33lhop]

Probably looks like his house, too... ;)

[BrownBeanE30]

Hey wh33lhop we should meet up i live in Sb too i would love to check out your car dude pm me