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Old Jan 25, 2015 | 08:14 PM
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I just pushed the cup all the way down and they fell out, no problemo.

On a side note, went to NTB to get an alignment and they told me to GTFO, too low. I'll try firestone next.
Your car deserves better than a chain tire shop where some putz making $10/hour cranks the camber as far as it will go and calls it a day.

My advice: Let it settle for a week and troll local BMW, Porsche and Miata boards and find out where they go to get alignments.

I paid $150 at a Porsche/BWM shop. You know you're in the right place when the owner has a 996 Turbo for a DD and they roll a Cayman S race car off the rack in order to slum it with your G
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Old Jan 25, 2015 | 08:19 PM
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Originally Posted by Lego_Maniac
Your car deserves better than a chain tire shop where some putz making $10/hour cranks the camber as far as it will go and calls it a day.

My advice: Let it settle for a week and troll local BMW, Porsche and Miata boards and find out where they go to get alignments.

I paid $150 at a Porsche/BWM shop. You know you're in the right place when the owner has a 996 Turbo for a DD and they roll a Cayman S race car off the rack in order to slum it with your G
I've been to a few so called "performance shops" for an alignment in the past and let me just say I've been less than impressed. Besides, alignments are pretty cut and dry. All you need is a good alignment machine (which most chains have) and a tech who listens to what camber/toe settings you want. With that said though, I would love to find a good performance shop near me to do it but location is a huge factor and most good shops are at least 25 mins away from where I live.
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Old Jan 25, 2015 | 08:48 PM
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Fire stone does offer unlimited alignment i think for 150 bucks or something like that. I got that and i have to pick and choose which fire stones i can go to because some of their lifts. Also i watch them very closely when they do the alignment just incase they decide to get lazy. Most of them are alight because i tell them to get the toe back in to spec and i have custom camber i like to run, but if i worked at these alignment shops and you told me to adjust the camber arms of a slammed car i d sigh a little too lol
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Old Jan 25, 2015 | 09:11 PM
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Hi! can anyone help me with my motordyne installation lol im kinda stumped right now and the installation instructions arent helping
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Old Jan 25, 2015 | 09:26 PM
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Old Jan 26, 2015 | 06:06 PM
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Originally Posted by AroundTheG37
Did they have a special ramp to accommodate low cars (ie, in ground)?
Mine did, there is a specific tech that most folks around here try to use. I think they added it when they saw what he was bringing in. Fortunately I met him before I needed an alignment.
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Old Jan 26, 2015 | 06:56 PM
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Originally Posted by AroundTheG37
I've been to a few so called "performance shops" for an alignment in the past and let me just say I've been less than impressed. Besides, alignments are pretty cut and dry. All you need is a good alignment machine (which most chains have) and a tech who listens to what camber/toe settings you want. With that said though, I would love to find a good performance shop near me to do it but location is a huge factor and most good shops are at least 25 mins away from where I live.
Are you planning on getting corner balanced?
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Old Jan 26, 2015 | 11:45 PM
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Are you planning on getting corner balanced?
Hadn't planned on it but now you get me thinking. However, it turns out I'm too low in the front because I can't even clear speed bumps at work so looks like I need to go a bit higher. Sucks.
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Old Jan 26, 2015 | 11:52 PM
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What's your fender height at?
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Old Jan 27, 2015 | 12:57 AM
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What's your fender height at?
25 and 1/4th in the front.
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Old Jan 27, 2015 | 12:14 PM
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Originally Posted by AroundTheG37
25 and 1/4th in the front.
I was scraping a lot as well. My poor exhaust system too a heck of a beating. The are still ways I can't go to get to work and certain areas in my neighborhood.
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Old Jan 27, 2015 | 01:32 PM
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I m sitting around 26" all around but then again I m driving an X and I can get around to most places with out any problems another 1/2" lower I could be in trouble
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Old Jan 27, 2015 | 01:36 PM
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I m sitting around 26" all around but then again I m driving an X and I can get around to most places with out any problems another 1/2" lower I could be in trouble
Yep, I found that out the hard way I'm afraid. Although the roads here in Memphis are awful the speedbumps and speedbumps are the worst. Way too high IMO.
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Old Jan 27, 2015 | 02:07 PM
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At a crazy angle, I can make a right-hand turn out of my driveway, and have a 90% success rate without scraping. However, at similar angles, my left-hand turns are about 50:50 scrape/no-scrape. I don't know exactly what is hitting, but it's so very light that I try not to let it bother me.

So I'm just crossing my fingers that the FI catback installs with similar or better clearance. But I suspect I might be limiting myself to having only one viable way to leave my house, and that's by making a right-hand turn... regardless of the destination.

Oh well.

Which reminds me... it's been 5 weeks since I ordered that catback. Tick tock
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Old Jan 27, 2015 | 02:27 PM
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Originally Posted by RexHavoc
the roads here in Memphis are awful the speedbumps and speedbumps are the worst.
They must be HORRIBLE for you to mention them twice
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