Corner Weight and Alignment (VIC)

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Re: Corner Weight and Alignment (VIC)

Postby rascal » Fri Apr 29, 2016 11:32 am

I've had work done by Centreline before and their work was top notch, however the quality of their work was only exceeded by their prices.. :shock:

In contrast to Beavis' experience, I have used Traction for a few years now, and always find them to hit my requested specs bang on each time.
(I found a few other other specialized shops took the 'close enough is good enough' approach :twisted: )

Traction allow me to sit in the car while they do it, and happy to share info/experience.
Definitely no complaints here, and a much more wallet friendly price..

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Re: Corner Weight and Alignment (VIC)

Postby beavis » Fri Apr 29, 2016 8:52 pm

I had genuinely poor experiences...

On the first occasion, they threaded a wheel stud, which resulted in my needing to replace it and costing me ~$150 and half a days work. (Not on an mx5, which are usually easy to replace.)
Another occasion, I had a wheel alignment, and found it to be disappointing with the steering wheel well of centre.
And lastly when I asked for a legitimate alignment AND corner weighting, they laughed and said it was a waste of time for me and my car. (a track focused MX5)

Maybe they thought I looked like a young unknowing street racer, which might be true... but I would have thought a willing customer is a willing customer
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Re: Corner Weight and Alignment (VIC)

Postby SnaveSnavely » Fri Apr 29, 2016 10:14 pm

I can't stand that kind of judgemental, dismissive attitude. And I hate that I feel like an idiot and become intimidated by it (That's my own issue though too) I work in a specialist retail store and I always try to remember that once I was a customer in the same shop and how would I want to be treated...

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Re: Corner Weight and Alignment (VIC)

Postby Ned Loh » Mon May 02, 2016 1:46 pm

beavis wrote:please post back with how it goes.


good for alignment, won't do proper corner weighting.

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Re: Corner Weight and Alignment (VIC)

Postby Ned Loh » Mon May 02, 2016 2:44 pm

Just in case above is not clear I am referring to Traction Tyres in Rowville.


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