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Old 27 July 2009, 09:03 PM
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Default Wheel tracking/alignment

anyone recommend a good place to get this done in swansea, mines pulling to the left slightly ... do town tyres do it? any good?
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Old 27 July 2009, 09:09 PM
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Theres good feedback about Dave Coe's in Gorsienon David Coe Auto Engineering Centre. 4x4 / Performance Car Specialists HTH.
Old 27 July 2009, 10:22 PM
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Another vote for Dave Coe, not used them myself for tracking but others rave about him.
Old 27 July 2009, 10:25 PM
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Cheers guys, ill give Dave a call and see his prices im still in shock from the up-pipe replacement cost of £400 off him... expertise comes at a price...
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Cost is £54'ish if I remember correctly and takes around an hour.
Old 28 July 2009, 04:21 PM
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It's £57.50 inc vat. Going down friday to get mine done.
Old 28 July 2009, 05:10 PM
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Is it a full geometry set up your after or just wheel alignment? i'd recomend Powerstation, Tewksbury, for the geometry set up, £80 +vat, BTW you may need camber bolts to set it up properly iro £40 a pair
Old 28 July 2009, 05:20 PM
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Their gona take about an hour to do it, don't know if their just aligning or the geo set up. Forgot to ask.
Old 28 July 2009, 05:26 PM
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Originally Posted by welshy12
Their gona take about an hour to do it, don't know if their just aligning or the geo set up. Forgot to ask.
I had my car done there a while back and they definitely carried out geometry and alignment, it was a totally different car afterwards and not a black one either.
Old 28 July 2009, 05:36 PM
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Tidy, Lets hope thats what they do for me then. If it is then the price is real good.
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I'd also recommend Powerstation, they did a full geo setup on my track car a couple of years ago. Didn't see the equipment Dave Coe's use but Powerstation's is top notch.
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Been to daves and he sorted my alignment, front was toeing out alot so he put that where it should be and the camber was more or less already on prodrive settings so happy days. Rear roll bar on next, picking it up tomorrow so should be on by the elan run.
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Originally Posted by welshy12
Been to daves and he sorted my alignment, front was toeing out alot so he put that where it should be and the camber was more or less already on prodrive settings so happy days. Rear roll bar on next, picking it up tomorrow so should be on by the elan run.
Glad to hear you are happy with the alignment, Dave is a cracking bloke and his prices aren't too bad either.
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Originally Posted by Cannon Fodder
Glad to hear you are happy with the alignment, Dave is a cracking bloke and his prices aren't too bad either.
yep be going back for sure.
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Originally Posted by welshy12
Been to daves and he sorted my alignment, front was toeing out alot so he put that where it should be and the camber was more or less already on prodrive settings so happy days. Rear roll bar on next, picking it up tomorrow so should be on by the elan run.

Nice one Rich, glad all OK - no more pulling eh !!!
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Much better, was pulling to left real bad.
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I'm going to head to Dave to get the belt done, going to wait for a little while to get the car serviced there though, as getting skint !!! was going to have it all done at the same time but too much for one sitting
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It's true what they say about a scooby spendinga ll your money.
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You are dead right, the alignment is also on my list of "to-do's" just hope I can live long enough to get it all done
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