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Old 04-14-10, 03:44 PM
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how much is the lifetime alignment at firestone?
Old 04-14-10, 03:45 PM
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+1 on price of lifetime alignment. is it transferable?? like to another vehicle??
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Originally Posted by sc300jz
Is it hard to do your own alignment? I'll be interested in learning.
Originally Posted by Blkexcoupe
Its not hard, but you would need the tools to take the measurements. The car has to be level and on the ground when taking readings. Without an alignment rack it is a very long process of measuring, lifting your car, adjust, measure, lift, adjust, and so on...

Yea it's not 'hard', just VERY time consuming unless you have a rack you can drive onto. The ground doesn't have to be exactly leveled since most digital gauge can compensate for the difference.

I had to adjust toe temporarily once i got back to stock height because my tire toe was WAY off. I could hear them howling at high speed
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Originally Posted by PHML
how much is the lifetime alignment at firestone?

It's normally $170 nowadays, but I found a coupon that took $25 off so I ended up paying $145 out the door
Old 04-14-10, 04:54 PM
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i got it cheaper than $145 muahahahaha
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The Brookhurst and Chapman let me drive my car onto the rack. It still scraped my sideskirts even aired up all the way. If you have someone in your family that has the lifetime alignment, I think they take off $20. The Orangethorpe and Valley View one is pretty nice. They have low car friendly driveways and two alignment racks.
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Originally Posted by vwynn
i got it cheaper than $145 muahahahaha
No place has it cheaper. They all have the same price and no one is willing to pricematch without proof anymore.
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Chris, is the one on Orangethorpe the kind with long ramps or is their ground kind of lowered?
Old 04-14-10, 08:29 PM
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Originally Posted by GSteg
I'm not going to be that low...
wait til your suspension is in and see how low you can go you have the wrenches and you're a DIY'er...go low or go home! LOL
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ah Firestone alignment...lol.

Originally Posted by 4ntvings
wait til your suspension is in and see how low you can go you have the wrenches and you're a DIY'er...go low or go home! LOL
^^ ditto !!!

Henry, well u know how the height of my car, i went to the Orangethorpe / Valley View, they drove really slow to get the rack, once they even put a wood block just to get to the rack, they seems really care about it but not sure about their knowledge about the specs of toe/chamber and all that funky stuff.

But the manager (Korean) seems didn't like it when i brought my car 3000 miles after I got my first alignment, so I just told him that i just installed RCA then he seems OK.

I got my alignment for $149 dang it, only $20 off at that time.

When u gonna do alignment ? i'm gonna get another lifetime for my other lexus

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where can i get these coupons or discount for the lifetime alignment???? hook me up pleaseee.
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Originally Posted by masboy

When u gonna do alignment ? i'm gonna get another lifetime for my other lexus
When do you plan to get one? I'm doing it asap so maybe even this weekend. My car is my daily driver and I rather not have the tires wear out that fast.

We can meet up if you're going to get one too
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Originally Posted by Blk96Supra
where can i get these coupons or discount for the lifetime alignment???? hook me up pleaseee.
There was a $25 off $50 purchase floating around on the net. It was suppose to be for Ann Arbor, MI only, but it was a nationwide coupon so they accepted it. Now they changed the fine print for Ann Arbor locations only, but I'm sure there are a few people who kept copies of the original coupon.
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Originally Posted by n0th1ng
+1 on price of lifetime alignment. is it transferable?? like to another vehicle??
No it is not transferable.. but I believe it at least stays with the car so if someone else buys the car they get to reap the benefits


and they have never restricted me on how often I can take it in.

I got it for 3 cars, I think the cheapest I got for any one of them was $120. It is DEFINITELY worth it esp if you're always throwing on new things like wheels, coils, bushings, or you just hit a billion potholes.
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Hil, which Firestone do you go to? I'm usually in Cerritos too but the one on South St seems like a horrible place to go. Too many bad stories about that place


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