Where to go for a good wheel alignment?

[Flat4]

Hey guys,

I\'ve just moved up here and need a wheel alignment before the Alexandra Rd hillclimb.

Can anyone recommend someone who will do a good alignment to custom specs? I don\'t mind paying for it as long as it is done right

Cheers

Sam

[Tony]

Go and see Al at Macbilt in Cashew Street (?) Grenada North.

[Joker]

 DacerX said:

You have been living here for ages

Welly section bro :]

[Flat4]

 Tony said:

Go and see Al at Macbilt in Cashew Street (?) Grenada North.

Cheers Tony will do. Would he be able to help with getting some more camber and toe out of a factory set up (e.g. camber bolts etc)?

[loner]

Dave Tunley @ 294 Taranki Street will also do non-standard alignments.

[DacerX]

whoops ;D

[boon]

+1 for Macbilt.

Also Steve at Firestone in Miramar.

[chulozumo]

Yep, macbilt. Also if you go there, come say hi! Im just down the road ;D

[loner]

Yeah, definitely macbilt if you want advice and a wheel alignment... but if you know what you want, probably not required to go there.

[Flat4]

Cool sounds like Macbilt is the place to go. I know roughly what I want but it\'s hard to find a cookie cutter tyre shop that will do it properly. Keen to hear what Al at Macbilt has to say too as I\'m always open to new ideas

I might struggle to get the car anywhere during the week though, does anyone know if they are open on Saturday mornings?

Cheers for the replies, been really helpful

[Munkvy]

Give Al a call, he is often there in the weekend, so if you ask he is more likely to do it. Just remember he will charge more money for an alignment than a standard place, which is only fair given he is quite an expert when it comes to Subarus.

I have found that the Tony\'s branches in town are all quite receptive to be fair. They have setup my beemer and WRX alignments to suit my requests each time.

To be fair, you don\'t want a massively aggressive alignment for Mt Vic, it\'s a bumpy dangerous road, so anything extreme will probably help encourage your car to try flying.

[GC8E2DD]

 loner said:

Dave Tunley @ 294 Taranki Street will also do non-standard alignments.

That\'s the place up by BNT in town? I\'ve been there before and they were great. A good alternative option if the location is more convenient and you already know what you want.

[loner]

 GC8E2DD']

[quote name='loner said:

Dave Tunley @ 294 Taranki Street will also do non-standard alignments.

/quote]

That\'s the place up by BNT in town? I\'ve been there before and they were great. A good alternative option if the location is more convenient and you already know what you want.

Yes that\'s the one. Dave has a motorsport background and will also be able to give advice.

[Flat4]

 Munkvy']

Give Al a call, he is often there in the weekend, so if you ask he is more likely to do it. Just remember he will charge more money for an alignment than a standard place, which is only fair given he is quite an expert when it comes to Subarus.

I have found that the Tony\'s branches in town are all quite receptive to be fair. They have setup my beemer and WRX alignments to suit my requests each time.

To be fair, you don\'t want a massively aggressive alignment for Mt Vic, it\'s a bumpy dangerous road, so anything extreme will probably help encourage your car to try flying.

Fair call, although I am driving a BG wagon so I think it needs a more aggressive alignment (bit of toe out in the rear) to encourage it to swing the back around. Even with mild rear wheel toe out and a 22mm whiteline rear bar on the stiffest setting it still didn\'t hang it out around Ruapuna like I wanted it to, so I think I\'ll go a bit more aggressive again if I can

[quote name='loner said:

Dave Tunley @ 294 Taranki Street will also do non-standard alignments.

/quote]

That\'s the place up by BNT in town? I\'ve been there before and they were great. A good alternative option if the location is more convenient and you already know what you want.

Yes that\'s the one. Dave has a motorsport background and will also be able to give advice.

Cheers Loren, Taranaki st is quite handy to me so might go there

[Flat4]

For anyone interested, I just got the car back from Dave Tunley. Great guy to deal with and pretty quick to make suggestions.

End result:

-1.28/-1.28 deg front camber (maxed out) and -1.11/1.12 deg rear camber

1.3mm toe out on both front wheels and 1.1mm toe out on the rear wheels

The measurements are spot on left to right, the only difference being .01 deg in rear camber. I\'ve never had an alignment sheet look anything like this