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Alignment Price----$175.00???

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Old 01-04-13, 09:47 PM
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I got quoted $175.00 for an alignment. They said that it is because I have aftermarket camber arms. Is this a normal price? My rear wheels need it bad! It pulls hard to the right and gets pretty squirrely under hard acceleration, (used to not before lowering).
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It's a bit pricey. I was thinking somewhere around $120 to dial in the adjustable rear arms. Is this at a performance shop?
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Yeah. Who do you trust to do a quality job?
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Originally Posted by ThreeFive0
Yeah. Who do you trust to do a quality job?
only a performance shop....not Sears or any other cheap/regular shop. Sometimes you gotta pay a bit more $$$ to have piece of mind.
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Well crap! $120 sounded better to me. Hell, I've seen them going for as low as $49.99.
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Originally Posted by ThreeFive0
Well crap! $120 sounded better to me. Hell, I've seen them going for as low as $49.99.
shop around or ask others with modified cars in your area. Maybe google it?
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Regional forum, here I come! Thanks.
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that seems a bit too high....shop around
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Originally Posted by ThreeFive0
Regional forum, here I come! Thanks.
this is your best option
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I would look around. I would say 110-150 would be reasonable if its a performance shop. I paid $125 for mine.
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Look around, my dealer often run specials for $99
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Is that with tax? If it's before, than I would agree it is a bit high.

At the shop I go which is known in the area, go to charges about $158 before tax, so it ends up at around $173.
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Whoa. Looks like I need to get into the Lexus alignment business! Lol

I think they are taking advantage of the fact its a Lexus therefore owner has $$

I don't know if you guys know about the VW mkv, but that is one of the most involved alignments when slammed and I would get them twice a year once for summer negative camber and reset to 0 for winter and it was only 90$ each time.
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I paid like $280 4-5 years ago. I did not have time to shop around so just went with it.
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With a coupon, I had Lexus do mine for $100 even. They had said if I had rear camber arms they would have adjusted out some of the rear negative camber for me too.
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